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The Blue Bead

Original title: Mavi Boncuk
  • 1974
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
10K
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The Blue Bead (1974)
ComedyRomance

Four friends who are mistreated in a casino try to get revenge by kidnapping the casino's singer.Four friends who are mistreated in a casino try to get revenge by kidnapping the casino's singer.Four friends who are mistreated in a casino try to get revenge by kidnapping the casino's singer.

  • Director
    • Ertem Egilmez
  • Writer
    • Sadik Sendil
  • Stars
    • Emel Sayin
    • Tarik Akan
    • Kemal Sunal
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    10K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ertem Egilmez
    • Writer
      • Sadik Sendil
    • Stars
      • Emel Sayin
      • Tarik Akan
      • Kemal Sunal
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Emel Sayin
    Emel Sayin
    • Emel Sayin
    Tarik Akan
    Tarik Akan
    • Yakisikli Necmi
    Kemal Sunal
    Kemal Sunal
    • Cafer
    Zeki Alasya
    Zeki Alasya
    • Seker Kamil
    Metin Akpinar
    Metin Akpinar
    • Süleyman
    Halit Akçatepe
    Halit Akçatepe
    • Mistik
    Münir Özkul
    Münir Özkul
    • Baba Yasar
    Adile Nasit
    Adile Nasit
    • Adile
    Perran Kutman
    Perran Kutman
    • Hizmetçi
    Feridun Çölgeçen
    Feridun Çölgeçen
    • Boss
    Giray Alpan
    Giray Alpan
    • Chief
    Dündar Aydinli
    • Waiter
    Ihsan Bayraktar
    Ihsan Bayraktar
    • Garson
    Ali Demir
    • Assistant to the Boss
    Niyazi Gökdere
    • Garson
    Yasar Güçlü
    • Garson
    Osman Han
    • Waiter
    Yilmaz Kanat
    • Eskici
    • Director
      • Ertem Egilmez
    • Writer
      • Sadik Sendil
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    10kardykush

    An absolute Turkish classic

    Actually I was surprised that I was the first to comment on this movie.Almost every single Turkish person must have seen this a dozen times,but you always watch it,you just can't help it.It's kinda like "Atla Gel Saban".There were some major Turkish comedy classics in their time and this movie has a massive cast that you can't dream to get together. Some of our main characters go to a restaurant in which the singer Emel Sayin sings.They get beaten and thrown out after a long chain of misunderstandings and decide to get revenge...by kidnapping Emel Sayin!The rest is a great comedy about love,friendship and a little dose of Stockholm syndrome:)
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    Plot and Comments

    The movie is about an unusual band of friends and their involvement of a kidnapping. The friends consist of six guys with no-good jobs, or odd jobs that comes their way living together in an old, old house with a nosey neighbour. They go to an expensive venue to eat, drink and listen to one of their favourite stars, Emel Sayin (her real name, she's really a renowned performer) but the place was way off their income, they could not pay the check, so they are beaten by the staff and hurled outside. Feeling humiliated the gang decide to kidnap Emel Sayin and hold for ransom...and they do. They try to obtain the ransom money for many times and things go wrong and they cannot release Emel Sayin for a long time...not to mention the trouble they have to hide her away from the nosey neighbour. Eventually Emel Sayin also likes her kidnappers (not to mention some deeper feelings for the 'pretty-boy-of-the-crew') whom are kind of well-meaning naive guys and she even starts helping them in the house chores, knitting clothes for them, even teaching one how to read and write. They finally have the money afterwards and they really have to release her, but she does not want to leave them....what will be? This is one of the big crew romantic comedies of 1970's in Turkey. The protagonists of the cast has got many personality tokens, e.g. "The old wise guy" (Münir Özkul), "The pretty boy" (Tarik Akan), "The doofus" (Kemal Sunal), "The Little Guy" (Halit Akçatepe) etc. Their ransom rendezvous scenes are remarkably funny and some emotional moments and Turkish music as well....since the lead actress is a famous singer whom plays as herself you might expect a lot of music. The jokes might be a little too Turkish audience oriented at times, but still amusing.
    10berzan

    A Candy box!

    This is probably one of the finest comedy spectacle from the golden age of Turkey. It also happens to have all the turkish comedy giants in the same movie and top of that; Emel Sayin. The movie is a joyride. The movie is salvation. The movie do tell you that humanity at its purest is the highest satisfaction. As they say in Turkey; such movies will never be made.

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    • Release date
      • 1974 (Turkey)
    • Country of origin
      • Turkey
    • Language
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • Синий глаз
    • Production company
      • Arzu Film
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 16m(76 min)
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