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The Man Who Saved the World

1982 · 97 min

A gleefully chaotic, low-budget fever dream of martial arts, borrowed space footage, and earnest nonsense that is more fun to laugh at than to take seriously.

Directed by
Çetin İnanç
Genres
Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Starring
Cüneyt Arkın, Aytekin Akkaya, Füsun Uçar
Overview
Two space cadets crash-land on a desert planet, where an evil wizard seeks the ultimate power to take over the world. Although the movie borrows some background footage from Star Wars, the plot is mostly unrelated.

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  • Cultpix
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Directed by
Çetin İnanç
Genres
Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Starring
Cüneyt Arkın, Aytekin Akkaya, Füsun Uçar
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • friendship
  • power
  • revenge
  • betrayal
Places
  • space
  • wilderness
  • fantasy world
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour7
Realism1
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
science fiction, action, adventure, fantasy
Directed by
Çetin İnanç
Written by
Cüneyt Arkın
Starring
Cüneyt Arkın, Aytekin Akkaya, Füsun Uçar, Hüseyin Peyda, Necla Fide, Hikmet Taşdemir, Mehmet Uğur, Kadir Kök
Cinematography
Çetin Gürtop
Runtime
97 min
Country
Turkey
Languages
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