June Screenings

CROWNLESS KING
TAÇSIZ KRAL

• Director: Atıf Yılmaz
• TURKEY / 1965 / BluRay / B&W / 90’ / Turkish; English s.t.

• Screenplay: Safa Önal
• Director of Photography: Mahmut Demir
• Editing: Turgut İnangiray
• Cast: Metin Oktay, Gönül Yazar, Ayten Kaçmaz (Gökçer), Ajda Pekkan, Erol Taş, Can Tengizman, Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Renan Fosforoğlu
• Producer: Arslan Barutçuoğlu
• Production Co.: Arzu Film
• World Sales: Arzu Film

One of the greatest legends of Turkish national football history, Metin Oktay’s life story contains all the necessary elements of a good melodrama. A young man who climbed the ladder of success at light speed from the streets of Izmir to the goal scoring king of Galatasaray’s throne before going to Italy, and heartbreaks along the way... The spotlights and an emotional life in the shape of a rollercoaster... Drawing its inspiration from Metin Oktay’s life story, The Crownless King features the famous footballer’s first and only performance on the big screen as himself, accompanied by Gönül Yazar, Ajda Pekkan, and Erol Taş in the cast. One of Atıf Yılmaz’ early works, The Crownless King, which we will have the chance to watch from a digitally remastered copy, bears all the savours of classic Yeşilçam melodramas.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.