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6.5/10
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Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during World War II. After Bazna starts working as a German spy he experiences a series of unexpected events.Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during World War II. After Bazna starts working as a German spy he experiences a series of unexpected events.Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during World War II. After Bazna starts working as a German spy he experiences a series of unexpected events.
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- 1 win & 18 nominations total
Murat Garipagaoglu
- Moyzisch
- (as Murat Garibagaoglu)
Aylin Kiliçarslan
- Gulsum
- (as Aylin Kilinçarslan)
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If you say, "hey what was happening in Turkey during WW2", then this is the right movie. For while not being directly involved, Turkey was really one of the major fronts of the war in a diplomatic struggle by keeping its naturality and also its existence. Çiçero successfully makes us feel the tension in Ankara under the dark clouds of WW2. While introducing us to a really compelling story, interesting and dimentioned characters it also presents us historical perspectice and humain values.
I congradulate the director and the composer for the scenes, the acts and the soundtract.
Inspired by a true story still its not a documentary and it has historical errors, though its important that it is a movie if these times. I wish movies were more sticked to the facts but I believe its just not the right time, at least not yet...
Another example of this producer has no problem with COMPLETELY altering the past. Just like he did with Ayla too. Besides; Erdal Besikcoglu is as good as always. I can't tell the same thing for the dubbings of the movie.
The dubbings made me feel like i'm watching something from seventies.
Still alright though.
The dubbings made me feel like i'm watching something from seventies.
Still alright though.
The script is a Hollywood-style rewriting of the history, quite different from the real history (see: Saving Private Ryan). It is more "inspired" by the life of Ilyas Bazna. A love story was added for dramatic effect and Cicero was turned into a less greedy person.
In terms of viewing pleasure, if you can get through the first half hour, the movie starts to get interesting.
In terms of acting: Erdal Besikçioglu and Burcu Biricik's acting was good.
Other than that dubbing feels terrible. I couldn't understand why English and German people speaks Turkish anyway. It would be better if they prefer them to speak their original language with Turkish subtitles.
My overall score is 7/10. Not a masterpiece but not a bad movie either.
In terms of viewing pleasure, if you can get through the first half hour, the movie starts to get interesting.
In terms of acting: Erdal Besikçioglu and Burcu Biricik's acting was good.
Other than that dubbing feels terrible. I couldn't understand why English and German people speaks Turkish anyway. It would be better if they prefer them to speak their original language with Turkish subtitles.
My overall score is 7/10. Not a masterpiece but not a bad movie either.
The movie is at least 8/10. I have no idea why is it so underrated. I wouldn't really say anything bad about the movie. The costumes and scenes are very beautiful. Actors and actresses were really brilliant. Hopefully, this will get the attention it deserves and we'll have more movies like this one because our history is full of interesting stories to tell.
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