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Muhsin Ertuğrul

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
9

Gender
Male

Birthday
February 27, 1892 (134 years old)

Place of Birth
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire

Muhsin Ertuğrul

Biography

Muhsin Ertuğrul (28 February 1891 – 29 April 1979), also known as Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey, was a Turkish actor and director.

His mother, Fatma Dilruh Verdrich is of German descent. His father is Hüseyin Hüsnü Paşa. Muhsin Ertuğrul, who had important contributions to Turkish cinema and Turkish theatre's western style instead of traditional theater. He was born in Istanbul on 28 February 1892. His first performance in theatre was in 1909 with the role of "Bob" in Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. He ran the Darülbedayi Theatre in Istanbul from its opening in 1914. In 1932, He directed in first Turkish sound film "Bir Millet Uyanıyor" alongside Atıf Kaftan, Naşit Özcan.

He married in 1929 Neyyire Neyir (née Münire Eyüp), one of the first ever Turkish actresses, who debuted in the 1923 movie Ateşten Gömlek, directed by himself. The marriage lasted until Neyyire's death in 1943. Ertuğrul then married Handan Uran (born 1927) in 1950. A stage actress, she starred in her only movie, the 1953 Halıcı Kız which first Turkish colour film, once again directed by Ertuğrul himself. She survived her husband's death in 1979.

Known For

Directing

1953The Carpetmaker Girl...Director
1951Married or Single...Director
1946Kara Koyun...Director
1945Yayla Kartalı...Director
1942Kıskanç...Director
1941Kahveci Güzeli...Director
1940Akasya Palas...Director
1940Victim of Lust...Director
1940Nasreddin Hodja at the Wedding Feast...Director
1939Allah'ın Cenneti...Director
1939Bir Kavuk Devrildi...Director
1939Tosun Pasha...Director
1938Aynaroz Kadısı...Director
1934The Girl From The Marsh Croft...Director
1934The Chickpea Seller...Director
1934The Million Hunters...Director
1933Cici Berber...Director
1933Naşit Dolandırıcı...Director
1933Karım Beni Aldatırsa...Director
1933Wrong Path...Director
1933Söz Bir Allah Bir...Director
1932Bir Millet Uyanıyor...Director
1931The Streets of Istanbul...Director
1929Smugglers...Director
1928Bir Sigara Yüzünden...Director
1928Ankara Postası...Director
1927Tamilla...Director
1926Spartacus...Director
1924So-Called Girls...Director
1923The Chickpea Seller...Director
1923On the Path of Glory...Director
1923The Tragedy at Kizkulesi...Director
1923Shirt of Fire...Director
1922The Mystery on the Bosphorus...Director
1922A Love Tragedy in Istanbul...Director
1920The Black Tulip Festival...Director
1919Samson...Director

Writing

1951Married or Single...Writer
1939Bir Kavuk Devrildi...Writer
1934The Chickpea Seller...Writer
1929Smugglers...Scenario Writer
1928Bir Sigara Yüzünden...Scenario Writer
1928Ankara Postası...Writer
1924So-Called Girls...Scenario Writer
1923The Chickpea Seller...Writer
1923The Tragedy at Kizkulesi...Screenplay
1923Shirt of Fire...Scenario Writer
1922A Love Tragedy in Istanbul...Writer

Production

1919Samson...Producer

Acting

1950Ateşten Gömlekas
1942Kıskanças
1940Victim of Lustas Ahmet Barksever
1934The Girl From The Marsh Croftas
1928Ankara Postasıas
1923The Tragedy at Kizkulesias
1923Shirt of Fireas İhsan
1919Samsonas
1918Die Fürstin von Beranienas