Underplayed Gems

The Claw (1917)

The Claw poster
Original title
Pençe
Directed by
Sedat Simavi
Genre
drama
Country
Turkey
Rating
3.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a silent Turkish film from 1917. It tells the story of Pertev who gets involved with a lustful hysterical woman and his friend Vasfi who neglects his home for a married woman.

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What happens

Pençe, 1917 yapımı Türk filmi. Filmde şehvet düşkünü isterik bir kadınla ilişki kuran Pertev ve evli bir kadın uğruna yuvasını unutan, arkadaşı Vasfi'nin öyküsü anlatılmaktadır. Filmin bir kopyası günümüze kadar ulaşamamış olup, Türk sineması'nda çekilen ilk konulu filmlerden birisi olduğu konusunda tartışmalar bulunmaktadır. Diğer ilk konulu Türk filmi olduğu düşünülen yapım ise yönetmenliğini yine Sedat Simavi'nin yaptığı Casus filmidir. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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