''Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan'' () is a Turkish historical action film by

Remzi Aydın Jöntürk Remzi Aydın Jöntürk (September 15, 1936 – September 2, 1987) was a Turkish filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He directed more than 72 feature films in his long career. Jöntürk is credited for creating and directing some of t ...

and Hassan Sasanpour. It is one of the numerous collaborations between the famous actor

Cüneyt Arkın Fahrettin Cüreklibatır (7 September 1937 – 28 June 2022), better known by his stage name Cüneyt Arkın, was a Turkish film actor, director, producer and physician. Having starred in somewhere around 300 movies and TV series, he is widely co ...

and Jöntürk. The film belongs to the wave of historical films in the

Turkish cinema Cinema of Turkey or Turkish cinema (also formerly known as ''Yeşilçam'', which literally means ''Green Pine'' in Turkish language, Turkish), () or Türk sineması refers to the Turkish film industry, film art and industry. It is an importa ...

. The film is about the beloved comics character of Ayhan Başoğlu, ''Malkoçoğlu''. The film was shot simultaneously in Turkish and in Persian. The Iranian version was released as ''Serzemin-e Delaveran'' in 1972. The main features of the movie has real historical basis as Malkoçoğlu was regarded as one of the loyal Akıncı families of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

. The film is the dramatization of Başoğlu's comic book of the same name and tells the story of the life struggle of

Cem Sultan Cem Sultan (also spelled Djem or Jem) or Sultan Cem or Şehzade Cem (22 December 1459 – 25 February 1495, ; ; ; ), was a claimant to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century. Cem was the third son of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, Mehmed II and ...

and how Akıncıs help him. The leader of the Akıncı troops, Malkoçoğlu, trusts a peasant, Polat, and accepts him into his army and gives him the mission to safely guide Cem Sultan to his '' Frenk allies''. Cüneyt Arkın portrays two characters in the film, as a part of his trademark style.

Plot

Cast

as Polat / Malkoçoğlu Bali bey as Polat's father (Dual role) *

Pouri Banayi Pouri Banayi (; born Seddigheh Banayi , 11 October 1940) is an Iranian actress. She acted in more than 85 feature films between 1964 and 1979. During her years of acting before the Iranian revolution, she worked with directors such as Mehdi Reis ...

as Melek (credited as Gülnaz Huri) *

Cihangir Ghaffari Cihangir Ghaffari (born 9 September 1940), sometimes credited as John Ghaffari or John Foster, is an Iranian actor and film producer known for ''Les démons'' (1973), ''Dick Turpin'' (1974) and ''Bloodsport'' (1988). Career Ghaffari starred in a ...

as Cem Sultan * Feri Cansel as Jitan * Suzan Avcı as Zühre * Behçet Nacar as Gaddar Hamolka * Özdemir Han as Şeytan Omerro * Ayton Sert as Hancı İgor * Aytekin Akkaya as Raider * Günay Güner as Raider * Adnan Mersinli as Öküz Abdi * Tarık Şimşek as Omerro's henchman

Political aspect of the film

Illustrating the class differences in society during the mid-Ottoman era is one of the key elements of the film. Poor peasant Polat has to kill a wealthy landlord because he tries to take Polat's lover away from him by stating that a peasant even doesn't have the right to talk to such an influential person. This depiction is a classic of Remzi Jöntürk films, even for the action based ones, frequently emphasizing on class struggles in society. The film also has references to the medieval understanding of honor and how it was, in some cases, more significant than state affairs.

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* 1970s Turkish-language films 1970s Persian-language films Films set in Turkey Turkish action adventure films Turkish historical adventure films Films based on Turkish comics Live-action films based on comics 1970 films Turkish sequel films Films shot in Turkey Turkish swashbuckler films Turkish films about revenge 1970 action films Films set in the Ottoman Empire 1970s historical adventure films Historical action films 1970s multilingual films Iranian multilingual films Turkish multilingual films Iranian historical films Iranian adventure films {{Turkey-film-stub