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The King of the Street Cleaners

Original title: Çöpçüler Krali
  • 1977
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
22K
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The King of the Street Cleaners (1977)
Comedy

Going through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his boss.Going through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his boss.Going through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his boss.

  • Director
    • Zeki Ökten
  • Writer
    • Umur Bugay
  • Stars
    • Kemal Sunal
    • Sener Sen
    • Aysen Gruda
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    22K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Zeki Ökten
    • Writer
      • Umur Bugay
    • Stars
      • Kemal Sunal
      • Sener Sen
      • Aysen Gruda
    • 7User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins total

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    Kemal Sunal
    Kemal Sunal
    • Apti
    Sener Sen
    Sener Sen
    • Sakir
    Aysen Gruda
    Aysen Gruda
    • Hacer
    Ihsan Yüce
    Ihsan Yüce
    • Hacer'in Babasi
    Türker Tekin
    • Ismail
    Erdal Özyagcilar
    Erdal Özyagcilar
    • Hacer'in Abisi
    Ilyas Salman
    Ilyas Salman
    • Semsi
    Ertugrul Bilda
    Ertugrul Bilda
    • Apartman Sakini
    Ihsan Bilsev
    Ihsan Bilsev
    • Patronun Yardimcisi
    Nejat Gürçen
    • Gazino Patronu
    Salih Sarikaya
    • Kahveci
    Muadelet Tibet
    Muadelet Tibet
    • Hanife Teyze
    Selim Nasit Özcan
    • Bakkal
    • (as Selim Nasit)
    Nezahat Tanyeri
    Nezahat Tanyeri
    • Sakir'in Annesi
    Nermin Özses
    • Hacer'in Annesi
    Necdet Dogan
    • Hacer'in Marlboro Satan Abisi
    Hikmet Gül
    Hikmet Gül
    • Sokaga Çöp Atan Kadin
    Zuhal Üstüntas
    • Mahalleli
    • Director
      • Zeki Ökten
    • Writer
      • Umur Bugay
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews7

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    8arhanandic

    A quite impressive look at the daily lives of people of Istanbul

    This movie is a quite well-made critisizm and research of the daily lives of people of Istanbul, and how the social status of a person doesn't affect their personality, how smart or kind they are or how much better they are than other members of a society.
    6ondermert

    Not as good as I remember

    What makes this movie great is definitely it's music and the cast. Kemal Sunal, Sener Sen and partially Aysen Gruda play a great role on the movie's fame. But in fact apart from a few scenes it's below average among its generation. Humor and tragedy showed up in balance but both are not that effective. Characters carries those tragedies and comedies alone. It becomes cult in Turkish Cinema but unfortunately it's not even close the quality of Neseli Gunler or Tosun Aga or such... As I mentioned above Ozdemir Erdogan's Gurbet plays such a great role for the fame of the movie. It becomes one of my favorite yesilcam song all times.
    10caferbiyikci

    The best sociological film I have ever seen!

    See Istanbul and its social life with a breathtaking flood!
    10msbodurtr-304-25985

    Unfortunately This Movie is unknown by the world

    Yes. Unfortunately this movie is unknown by the world. People just know global movie makers productions or awarded movies by authorities such as Oscar Awards. But I bet most of Turkish movies especially acted by Kemal Sunal and Sener Sen could beat most of them if they joined the same competition with others. On the other hand these movies have to have English subtitles or dubbing English for going international.
    9delirbai

    King

    I like to start all Kemal Sunal's films with the same comment. Kemal Sunal is a great gift to us, the Turkish people. It is such a gift that; Our generation, the next generation, and even the generation after that will benefit from this. His value should always be known and his memory should always be kept alive. Going back to our movie The King of Garbagemen; We have all watched the master's films and memorized many of his scenes. As one of them, I knew a few scenes in this movie. But when I watched the movie from beginning to end in one go, the movie made much more sense to me. I watched another movie with very important messages. The place and importance of the King of Garbagemen in my opinion is; Kibar Feyzo, one of the most important films that will be released a year later and criticize the feudal system, is a warm-up with this film. Just as a humorous criticism was made against hierarchy in this film, a year later in our other film, the bar was raised and the feudal system was criticized. The fact that the cast of the two films is almost exactly the same supports my opinion. In this respect, it is an important movie for me. Even though it lags behind Sunal master's many films in terms of comedy, I think the drama and criticism in the film are elements that should be taken into consideration. Another issue I wanted to mention was the performance of Erdal Ozyagcilar, my favorite character in the movie. For some reason, I found it so successful that, even though it did not have many roles, it attracted my attention as much as other great actors. I wanted to open parenthesis. I end my comment by thanking the staff of Mimar Sinan University for giving us the chance to watch these magnificent films in their restored form. You are great.

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    • Trivia
      Kemal Sunal wore his cleaner costume for one week before filming for adapting the character.
    • Quotes

      Apti: The flower of my eyes will go to the park...

    • Connections
      Referenced in Nightingale (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Gurbet
      Performed by Esin Engin Orkestrasi

      Written by Özdemir Erdogan

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    • Release date
      • 1977 (Turkey)
    • Country of origin
      • Turkey
    • Language
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • Çöpçüler Kralı
    • Filming locations
      • Cihangir, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Production company
      • Arzu Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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