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Smugglers

1929

A stark, earnest silent-era melodrama that grinds slowly toward a painful family reckoning, heavy with poverty and moral strain.

Directed by
Muhsin Ertuğrul
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Behzat Haki Butak, Sait Köknar, Talat Artemel
Overview
Story of a poor fishmonger family consisting of a mother, a handmaid, and two sons. One of the sons (Talat) is involved in tobacco smuggling as a result of the incitement of his fishmonger friends in order to overcome the poverty and the other son becomes a watchman to struggle against smugglers; one day two sons face off against each other. A part-talkie film.

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Directed by
Muhsin Ertuğrul
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Behzat Haki Butak, Sait Köknar, Talat Artemel
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • crime
  • morality
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Muhsin Ertuğrul
Starring
Behzat Haki Butak, Sait Köknar, Talat Artemel, Feriha Tevfik, Hâzım Körmükçü, İsmail Galip Arcan, Atıf Kaptan, Arşak Karakaş
Cinematography
Cezmi Ar
Country
Turkey

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