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İstanbul'da Istırap (1922)

İstanbul'da Istırap poster
Directed by
Muhsin Ertuğrul
Country
Turkey

How it feels

A film originally shot in Germany in 1919 follows a story of suffering set in Istanbul. It was directed by a Turkish filmmaker working with a partner in Berlin.

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What happens

Samson, 1919 yılında Almanya'da çekilmiş film. Muhsin Ertuğrul'un arkadaşı N. Z. Ekemen'le Berlin'de ortaklaşa kurduğu şirketi adına çektiği film, İstanbul'da "Istırap" adıyla (1922) gösterime girdi. Ertuğrul Almanya ve Rusya'da birçok filmde oyunculuk ve yönetmenlik yaptı. Ama "Samson" bir Türk yapımcısı olarak kendi filmidir. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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