Tuncel Kurtiz

Tuncel Kurtiz

Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Since 1958, Kurtiz performed on many stages in Istanbul, in state and private theatres. He was also on the stage at Gothenburg City Theatre, Stockholm Royal Theatre and Swedish Theatre in Sweden, Schaubühne Berlin, Frankfurt City Theatre and Hamburg City Theatre in Germany and at Peter Brook Shakespeare Royal Theatre in England. Kurtiz directed plays for the German-Turkish theatre project "Türkisches Ensemble" in the late 1970s. During his university years and later the military service period, he became friends with the renowned film director Yılmaz Güney. They made a number of films together. Their 1970 film Umut was prohibited to leave Turkey, but was shown in Cannes Film Festival by a smuggled copy. His first film role was in Şeytanın Uşakları, shot in 1964. Since then, Tuncel Kurtiz played also in many international productions like Swedish, German, Dutch, Italian, French, British, Israel and Indian films and TV series, mostly in the original language.

  • Title: Tuncel Kurtiz
  • Popularity: 4.808
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1936-02-01
  • Place of Birth: Bilecik, Turkey
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  • Also Known As: Tuncel Curtiz
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Tuncel Kurtiz Movies

  • 2007
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    The Edge of Heaven

    The Edge of Heaven

    7.2 2007 HD

    The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar...

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  • 1989
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    Code Name Coq Rouge

    Code Name Coq Rouge

    6.5 1989 HD

    His name is Carl Hamilton from a Swedish noble family - trained by the CIA and a army SEAL. When a group of terrorists based in Sweden threatens to...

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  • 1997
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    Çökertme

    Çökertme

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2008
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    Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb

    Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb

    6.184 2008 HD

    Adventurer Jack Hunter sets off in pursuit of a legendary tomb, meeting dangerous old adversaries, and even more dangerous old flames, along the way.

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  • 2017
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    The Legend of the Ugly King

    The Legend of the Ugly King

    7 2017 HD

    Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker...

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  • 1980
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    On Fertile Lands

    On Fertile Lands

    6.7 1980 HD

    The tragic story of three farm worker who migrates from their village to the cotton land Çukurova.

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  • 2001
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    O da Beni Seviyor

    O da Beni Seviyor

    1 2001 HD

    Summer Love is a 2001 Turkish drama film directed and written by Barış Pirhasan with Gül Dirican.

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  • 1997
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    Sawdust Tales

    Sawdust Tales

    5.4 1997 HD

    Sawdust Tales is a whimsical and timeless parable on survival in hard times and the force of a first love against all odds. In a timeless no-mans...

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  • 2010
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    Black and White

    Black and White

    5.5 2010 HD

    A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling down despite his 70 years; a lawyer who packed in...

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  • 2002
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    A cavallo della tigre

    A cavallo della tigre

    5.3 2002 HD

    Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at his workplace. A year later, just a few days...

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  • 2004
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    Tales of Intransigence

    Tales of Intransigence

    5 2004 HD

    The story of rivalry between two forms of winter transport: the horse-drawn sleigh which can take the short cut over the frozen lake and the red...

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  • 1996
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    Somersault in a Coffin

    Somersault in a Coffin

    7.565 1996 HD

    Mahsun Supertitiz is an unemployed homeless man who steals cars at night so that he can sleep in a heated place during the winter. Mahsun lives in...

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  • 1983
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    Kalabaliken i Bender

    Kalabaliken i Bender

    2.8 1983 HD

    The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village...

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  • 1990
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    The Mahabharata

    The Mahabharata

    6.9 1990 HD

    One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter...

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  • 1994
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    Ağrı'ya Dönüş

    Ağrı'ya Dönüş

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1967
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    Bana Kurşun İşlemez

    Bana Kurşun İşlemez

    1 1967 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Waterfall

    The Waterfall

    4.5 2001 HD

    The story takes place in Harbiye town of Antakya just before the 1960 military coup d'etat. The economic and political crisis of those days are...

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  • 2013
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    Mutlu Aile Defteri

    Mutlu Aile Defteri

    6.1 2013 HD

    Children of a retired colonel come together after their father falls from the rooftop. This constrained togetherness reveals their lies day by day.

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  • 2009
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    Pains of Autumn

    Pains of Autumn

    5.8 2009 HD

    When a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and...

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  • 1965
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    Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim

    Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Road That Has No End

    The Road That Has No End

    4.8 1965 HD

    The film follows the lives of those who immigrate to the city, leaving their families behind. Ahmet and his friends came to the city with great...

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  • 1965
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    I Live When I Die

    I Live When I Die

    1 1965 HD

    Duygu Sagiroglu, known as an art director, depicts the class conflict and exposes the injustice and contradictions of the modern Turkish life. Yilmaz...

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  • 1985
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    On a Narrow Bridge

    On a Narrow Bridge

    1 1985 HD

    Directed by Nissim Dayan.

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  • 1974
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    The Bus

    The Bus

    6.7 1974 HD

    A group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away.

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  • 1997
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    Journey on a Clock Hand

    Journey on a Clock Hand

    5.8 1997 HD

    A Turkish watchmaker is employed to mend a village clock that has not worked for some seven years. However, what seems like a simple and un-exciting...

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  • 1994
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    Bir Aşk Uğruna

    Bir Aşk Uğruna

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Last Birds

    The Last Birds

    6 1965 HD

    A love story begins in an Istanbul bookstore. A young engineer meets a schoolgirl in her final year of studies. He follows her to her home. The next...

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  • 1997
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    Gräfin Sophia Hatun

    Gräfin Sophia Hatun

    1 1997 HD

    Being condemned to house arrest by her husband, a countess recognises her Turkish servant as a fellow suppressed creature and sets him free…

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  • 1979
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    Kanal

    Kanal

    5.8 1979 HD

    Directed by Erden Kiral.

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  • 1966
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    Silahların Kanunu

    Silahların Kanunu

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1970
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    Hope

    Hope

    7.2 1970 HD

    After losing one of his horses in an accident, an illiterate horse cab driver sets out into the desert in a quest for a mythical lost treasure.

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  • 1998
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    Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan

    Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan

    5.7 1998 HD

    Kurdish expert Hiner Saleem (Shero) wrote and directed this French comedy-drama, set inside the 100,000-population Kurdish community in Paris. The...

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  • 2001
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    In Foreign Soil

    In Foreign Soil

    1 2001 HD

    In fremder Erde (In Foreign Soil) documents the Muslim traditions of burial in Turkey and Germany, but above all, the paths the dead take to return...

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  • 1998
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    Hoşçakal Yarın

    Hoşçakal Yarın

    8.2 1998 HD

    This movie is about Deniz Gezmis and his two comrades. They were three revolutionary activist has been executed by military fascist junta in 1972.

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  • 1966
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    The Ugly King

    The Ugly King

    1 1966 HD

    The story of a detective trying to solve the mafia showdown.

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  • 1994
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    Love is Colder Than Death

    Love is Colder Than Death

    5 1994 HD

    In the movie, the life of a singer who has problems with her husband is narrated. Belgin, who works at a night club as a belly dancer, is taken to...

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  • 2012
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    My boy, look at the stars

    My boy, look at the stars

    8 2012 HD

    February 28 is Deniz Gezmiş's birthday… He would have been 75 years old today; but it only lived for 25 years, and in those 25 years, it had...

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  • 1966
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    Kanli Mezar

    Kanli Mezar

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1996
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    Işıklar Sönmesin

    Işıklar Sönmesin

    5 1996 HD

    The struggle of Seydo, whom he was assigned to go with lieutenant Murat, in the tough geography of the Southeast Anatolia.

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  • 1990
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    Die Hallo-Sisters

    Die Hallo-Sisters

    1 1990 HD

    A run-down former radio producer persuades two quarrelsome 1950s stars to try their comeback on nationwide television...

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  • 1979
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    The Herd

    The Herd

    7.3 1979 HD

    Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train...

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  • 1996
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    Istanbul Beneath My Wings

    Istanbul Beneath My Wings

    6.5 1996 HD

    During the sea battle which took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Italians, a ship which had been seized in the Mediterranean Sea is brought...

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  • 1966
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    Law of the Border

    Law of the Border

    6.242 1966 HD

    In Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in smuggling and gets shot. Hidir tries to stay out of...

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  • 1980
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    Hasan the Rose

    Hasan the Rose

    1 1980 HD

    A film director comes to Stockholm claiming he is an internationally renowned filmmaker. The truth is that he is a total failure. He is counting on...

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  • 1967
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    Krallar Ölmez

    Krallar Ölmez

    1 1967 HD

    Loosely based on "The Girl Hunters" written by Mickey Spillane. After many years on a drunken binge over the disappearance of his love, Murat (Ayhan...

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  • 1986
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    The Smile of the Lamb

    The Smile of the Lamb

    4.8 1986 HD

    This Israeli-made film is set along the battle-torn West Bank. Military governor Makram Khouri tries to flush out some fugitive PLO activists by...

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  • 1973
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    Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße

    Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße

    1 1973 HD

    Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunystraße features the war-widow Frau Kutzer, the philosopher-guest worker Niyazi, as well as other...

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  • 1983
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    The Wall

    The Wall

    7.3 1983 HD

    Produced, written and directed by Yılmaz Güney within his own personal experiences of capital offense, he dedicates Duvar to male teenagers...

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  • 1966
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    At Avrat Silah

    At Avrat Silah

    1 1966 HD

    Raised on the mountain like a son, Alicik's path intersects with pure and clean mayfly. The love between the two becomes a challenge to life.

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  • 1967
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    Kuduz Recep

    Kuduz Recep

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1990
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    Time of Vengeance

    Time of Vengeance

    1 1990 HD

    Orhan, who is ten years old, comes to Vienna from a small Village in Anatolia. Armed with his grandfather's revolver, he intends to avenge his...

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  • 1990
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    The Guardian Angel

    The Guardian Angel

    5.25 1990 HD

    A radical socialist is placed as a bodyguard with a minister for the purpose of murdering him. The meeting with the minister's family complicates his...

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  • 1998
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    Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma

    Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1965
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    Sokakta Kan Vardı

    Sokakta Kan Vardı

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Krallar Kralı

    Krallar Kralı

    5 1965 HD

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  • 1966
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    Yiğit Yaralı Olur

    Yiğit Yaralı Olur

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1980
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    On Fertile Lands

    On Fertile Lands

    6.7 1980 HD

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  • 1980
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    Hasan the Rose

    Hasan the Rose

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1978
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    Guestworker's Road

    Guestworker's Road

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1980
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    Hasan the Rose

    Hasan the Rose

    1 1980 HD

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  • 2003
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    Alacakaranlık

    Alacakaranlık

    7.8 2003 HD

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  • 2011
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    Magnificent Century

    Magnificent Century

    8.142 2011 HD

    At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the...

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  • 2007
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    Asi

    Asi

    7.6 2007 HD

    Asi is a Turkish television drama serial. The series originally aired from Jule 21, 2007 to June 15, 2009. It ran for two seasons on Kanal D.

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  • 2009
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    Ezel

    Ezel

    8.338 2009 HD

    Ömer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends up in prison for ten years. He fakes his...

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  • 2006
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    Hacı

    Hacı

    1 2006 HD

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  • 1970
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    Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

    6.134 1970 HD

    Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the...

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  • 1991
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    Amforans gåta

    Amforans gåta

    1 1991 HD

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