The Executioner (1975): Cast
The Executioner is a 1975 action drama directed by Memduh Ün, starring Hakkı Kıvanç as Polis, Reha Yurdakul and İhsan Gedik. It runs 1 hour 23 minutes.
Turkish What Is The Executioner About?
The premise of The Executioner without spoilers.
Cellat mirrors the Death Wish formula closely, even reproducing several scenes and lines almost verbatim. Yet the film veers off its American model at moments, delivering striking, gritty snapshots of Turkish life and cultural nuances that make these departures the most compelling, morally ambiguous, and memorable parts of the picture.
The Executioner Themes & Keywords
· 29 tags- rape
- revenge
- vigilantism
- turksploitation
- rape and revenge
- female nudity
- wife
- group
- cigarette smoking
- belly dancing
- handgun
- funeral
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- telephone call
- violent sex
- vigilante
- thrown through a window
- stripper
- prostitute
- nudity
- nightclub
- necklace
- murder
- loss of wife
- hoodlum
- home invasion
- forced entry
- electrocution
- criminal
- female topless nudity
The Executioner Cast & Characters
Hakkı Kıvanç leads the cast as Polis, with Reha Yurdakul as Necati Polat and İhsan Gedik as İhsan. Directed by Memduh Ün; 53 actors are credited in all.
- Director Memduh Ün
- Hakkı Kıvanç as Polis
- Reha Yurdakul as Necati Polat
- İhsan Gedik as İhsan
- Ahmet Kostarika as Parası Zorla Alınan Adam
Also Starring in The Executioner
· 49 more- Sadettin Erbil Serdar Gökhan (voice)
- Muammer Gözalan Doktor Ziya
- Timuçin Caymaz Oktar Durukan (voice)
- İbrahim Kurt Sarı Hasan
- Tevfik Şen Orhan'ı Çeviren Serseri
- Zafer Önen Muammer Gözalan (voice)
- Abdi Algül İsmail
- Sönmez Yıkılmaz Hüsnü'nün Arkadaşı
- Erdoğan Seren Banliyödeki Serseri
- Hüseyin Zan Hüsnü
- Oktar Durukan Kabak Cemal
- Kadir Kök Orhan'ı Çeviren Serseri
- Yusuf Çetin Soyguncu
- Süheyl Eğriboz
- Giray Alpan Polis
- Coşkun Göğen Banliyödeki Serseri
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- Aydın Haberdar Soyguncu
- Devrim Parscan Tahsin Koray (voice)
- Pekcan Koşar Tarık Şimşek (voice)
- Cevdet Arıkan Cevdet
- Yılmaz Kurt
- Erdoğan Esenboğa Kenan Pars (voice)
- Tarık Şimşek Manyak Sabri
- Hüseyin Kutman
- Kemal Ergüvenç Reha Yurdakul (voice)
- Niyazi Gökdere
- Ayşin Atav Melek Ayberk (voice)
- Oktay Yavuz Orhan'ı Çeviren Serseri
- Kenan Pars Mehmet Kara
- Vala Önengüt Hüseyin Zan (voice)
- Mehmet Ali Güngör Gaspçı
- Levent Dönmez Abdi Algül (voice)
- Muzaffer Cıvan
- Mehmet Ali Akpınar
- Tijen Par Emel Özden (voice)
- Saltuk Kaplangı Cevdet Arıkan (voice)
- Mahmut Hekimoğlu Cahit
- Yeşim Yükselen Dansöz
- Serdar Gökhan Orhan
- Tahsin Koray Polis
- Mehmet Yağmur
- Gülten Kaya
- Emel Özden Filiz
- Senar Seven Konsomatris
- Ramazan Akboğa
- Anuşka Bar Kadını
- Melek Ayberk Sevgi
- Mustafa Doğan
- Nesrin Yesilyurt
More from Memduh Ün
More films directed by Memduh Ün: All Doors Were Closed, Poor, The Postman and Kaçak.
The Executioner Also Known As
Also known as “Death Wish”.
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- Death Wish
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The Executioner FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of The Executioner, each answered in a sentence.
How long is The Executioner?
The Executioner runs 1 hour 23 minutes (83 minutes).
When was The Executioner released?
The Executioner was released on March 1, 1975.
Who directed The Executioner?
The Executioner was directed by Memduh Ün.
More films by Memduh Ün Who is in the cast of The Executioner?
The Executioner stars Hakkı Kıvanç as Polis, Reha Yurdakul as Necati Polat and İhsan Gedik as İhsan, among 53 credited actors.
Does The Executioner have a post-credit scene?
No. The Executioner has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is The Executioner in?
The original language of The Executioner is Turkish.
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