This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the
1976 Natuk Baytan and Ernst Hofbauer film The Magic Man
starring Cuneyt Arkin as Kara Murat. The original Turkish title
is Kara Murat seyh gaffar'a karsi; an alternate English title
is Karamurat.
Cast and crew: Natuk Baytan, Ernst Hofbauer, Cuneyt Arkin, Daniela
Giordano, Pasquale Basile, Yavuz Selekman, Huseyin Alp, Kadir Savun,
Turgut Ozatay, Atilla Ergun, Erdogan Tunas, Fuad Ozluer, Bora
Ayanoglu, Arab Celal, Aktar Durukan, Suheyl Egriboz, Mumtaz Ener,
Ihsan Gedik
This is a 25.5"x 37" Egyptian poster for the 1974 Orhon M. Ariburnu
film Antar in the Land of the Romans written by Orhon
M. Ariburnu and Seyet Mogribi and starring Mohammad Melva as Antar.
Plot summary: This film, like a number of other similar titles,
borrows the name of the historic Arab literary figure Antarah ibn
Shadad for use as the name of the hero in a cheap peplum production.
During a phantasmagoric series of hazardous bouts with sorcerers and
awkward martial stunts, evil aristocrat Claudia sets her sights
on Antar when he visits Rome but is unable to separate him from his
true love Abla.
Cast and crew: Orhon M. Ariburnu, Muhammad Melva, Abdullah Favaz, Silvana Bedrana, Tuba Cetin, Yesim Tan, Yavuz Selekman,Yesim Soydan, Memduh Unsal, Mukremin Sumlu, Aydemir Akbas, Filiz Alpan, Rahmi Aydin, Gul Banu, Vicki Blom, Burcin Bozhan, Canan Candan
This is an Egyptian poster for the 1976 Natuk Baytan
and Ernst Hofbauer Turkish film Magic Man [Karamurat]
starring Cuneyt Arkin. The poster was printed by
Anwar Printers with art by Ahmed Fouad. Uncle
Hugo from the Czech Republic wrote a nice review of
the film for IMDB: The main benefit of this adventure
movie with plentiful kung-fu fights is the eponymous
hero's way of kicking and beating as many villains as
possible. Kara Murat uses an unusual martial art to
accomplish his mission- to defeat an evil governor
of certain district of Turkey,whose assassins kidnapped
Kara Murat's brother and killed brother's wife. Although
there is very little blood or gore present in all fight
scenes, some techniques employed by Kara Murat
bring a new perspective to the genre of kung-fu films.
Our action hero seems to be capable of levitation as
his whole body in horizontal position hits villains
and puts them to sleep. Karat Murat also possesses
extraordinary strength that allows him to throw
enemies around and a specific sense of humor
resulting in various comedic action scenes such as a
villain's pants falling down and revealing the naked
truth after the stroke of Kara Murat's sword, Kara
Murat using vegetables as weapons or a bad guy
having his set of false teeth removed during a
confrontation.Another thing worth mentioning is a
character entitled "Angel Face", an incredibly tall and
ugly villain who eventually becomes Kara Murat's ally.
All in all, despite some technical shortcomings and a
cameraman's shadow clearly visible on one occasion,
the creators succeeded in putting together an
enjoyable action-adventure with a dash of comedy,
kung-fu and Ali Baba's Forty Thieves.
Cast and crew: Natuk Baytan, Ernst Hofbauer, Cuneyt Arkin, Daniela Giordano, Pasquale Basile, Yavuz Selekman, Huseyin Alp, Kadir Savun, Turgut Ozatay, Atilla Ergun, Erdogan Tunas, Fuad Ozluer, Bora Ayanoglu, Arab Celal, Aktar Durukan, Suheyl Egriboz,Mumtaz Ener, Ihsan Gedik
