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Tuncel Kurtiz
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Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions.
Since 1958, Kurtiz performed on many stages in Istanbul, in state and private theatres. He was also on the stage at Gothenburg City Theatre, Stockholm Royal Theatre and Swedish Theatre in Sweden, Schaubühne Berlin, Frankfurt City Theatre and Hamburg City Theatre in Germany and at Peter Brook Shakespeare Royal Theatre in England. Kurtiz directed plays for the German-Turkish theatre project "Türkisches Ensemble" in the late 1970s.
During his university years and later t…
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Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Since 1958, Kurtiz performed on many stages in Istanbul, in state and private theatres. He was also on the stage at Gothenburg City Theatre, Stockholm Royal Theatre and Swedish Theatre in Sweden, Schaubühne Berlin, Frankfurt City Theatre and Hamburg City Theatre in Germany and at Peter Brook Shakespeare Royal Theatre in England. Kurtiz directed plays for the German-Turkish theatre project "Türkisches Ensemble" in the late 1970s. During his university years and later the military service period, he became friends with the renowned film director Yılmaz Güney. They made a number of films together. Their 1970 film Umut was prohibited to leave Turkey, but was shown in Cannes Film Festival by a smuggled copy. His first film role was in Şeytanın Uşakları, shot in 1964. Since then, Tuncel Kurtiz played also in many international productions like Swedish, German, Dutch, Italian, French, British, Israel and Indian films and TV series, mostly in the original language.
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Tuncel Kurtiz's Filmography
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All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
as Self
The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Family Journal
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
My boy, look at the stars
as Self (voice)
The Lost Gift
Black and White
Pains of Autumn
as Kamil Efendi
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
as Said
The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
Tales of Intransigence
On the Tiger's Back
as Fatih
The Waterfall
as Kel Selim
O da Beni Seviyor
as Masalcı
In Foreign Soil
as Self
Hoşçakal Yarın
as Ali Elverdi
No Poster
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
as Uncle Ismet
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
Çökertme
Journey on a Clock Hand
as Agah
Sawdust Tales
as Fisherman
Işıklar Sönmesin
Somersault in a Coffin
as Reis
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep Paşa
No Poster
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
Love is Colder Than Death
as Dursun
No Poster
Baba
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
Bir Aşk Uğruna
Dark Shadows of Fear
as Mohammed
Die Hallo-Sisters
as Samy
The Guardian Angel
as Ivar
The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
Time of Vengeance
as grand-father
Code Name Coq Rouge
as Al-Houl
The Smile of the Lamb
as Hilmi
The Frozen Leopard
On a Narrow Bridge
Kalabaliken i Bender
The Wall
as Tonton Ali
Hasan the Rose
as Hakan / The film director
On Fertile Lands
as Zeynel
Kanal
as Abuzer Dayı
The Herd
as Hamo Ağa
The Bus
No Poster
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
Hope
as Hasan
Bullets Won't Touch Me
as Cengiz
Kuduz Recep
as Hamza
Krallar Ölmez
as Komiser
Law of the Border
as Bekir
The Ugly King
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
Horse, Woman and Gun
No Poster
Zehirli Kucak
Silahların Kanunu
Kanli Mezar
Krallar Kralı
Kanlı Meydan
Sokaklar Yanıyor
as Orhan
The Last Birds
as Turgut
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
Sokakta Kan Vardı
The Road That Has No End
as Köylü
I Live When I Die
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Hüseyin
Konyakçı
Türkiye'nin 68'i
as Self