Samim Meriç

Özlem: Düne, Bugüne, Yarına... (1995)

A triptych of literary adaptations explores past, present and future in rural Turkey. "Düne Özlem" (from Hulki Aktunç's Bir Yergöstericinin Hayatı): A once-famed traveling critic returns after years to the cinema that launched his career—and finds ...

Dönüş (1994)

Whistle If You Come Back (1993)

A dwarf and a transvestite, both are excluded from the society and doomed to exist at night. Their lives overlap in a strange encounter and this becomes the start of their friendship. ...

Denize Hançer Düştü (1992)

The story of two female theater actors, Deniz and İpek. The events that take place during the rehearsals and staging of Jean Genet's play "The Balcony" are intertwined with love, indifference, passion, sexuality, and the lust for power, just like in the p ...

İki Başlı Dev (1990)

Tatar Ramazan (1990)

In 1942 during the time of war, Tatar Ramazan goes to jail because murder after argument on lands. When he gets out, he finds out that the life outside is much harder. ...

Paşo (1986)

Pir Sultan Abdal (1973)

The film tells the story of Pir Sultan Abdal, a famous folk poet in Turkey, who criticized some Ottoman governors, Hizir Pasha in particular and as a result was hung by him. ...

Elif ile Seydo (1972)

While he was just an ordinary imam, his sister was raped and murdered by bullies. Everything was destroyed, but later he became a skilled swordsman and made his enemies bleed. ...

Tehlikeli Adam (1965)

The film tells the story of a man trying to find his wife's killer. Returning from a business trip, Yılmaz finds his wife Gülsüm dead. The police then arrive and arrest Yılmaz. At the trial, two neighbors falsely testify against Yılmaz, accusing him o ...

Both Were Brave (1963)

The film is about two gangsters facing each other. Yalçın is the most notorious gangster in the city. He plans to leave the city with Figen and give up gangsterism. Ali Duran, on the other hand, is a gangster whose reputation has spread throughout the co ...

Büyük Yemin (1963)

Esir Kuş (1962)

A triple love story between Mine (Nebahat Çehre), the owner of the farm in the deserted lake valley, and pilot Mazhar (Samim Meriç), whom she had to marry due to the threat of death in the air, and her childhood sweetheart, her aunt's son Ümit (Göksel ...

Yaban Gülü (1961)

Dönüş (1994)

Paşo (1986)

Elif ile Seydo (1972)

While he was just an ordinary imam, his sister was raped and murdered by bullies. Everything was destroyed, but later he became a skilled swordsman and made his enemies bleed. ...

Both Were Brave (1963)

The film is about two gangsters facing each other. Yalçın is the most notorious gangster in the city. He plans to leave the city with Figen and give up gangsterism. Ali Duran, on the other hand, is a gangster whose reputation has spread throughout the co ...