The Man Who Saved The World
The Man Who Saved The World or Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam, also known as Turkish Star Wars is a 1982 Turkish action-adventure science fiction mockbuster movie based on Star Wars. It was directed by Çetin İnanç, produced by the company Anıt Ticaret and stars Cüneyt Arkın who wrote the screenplay. It features stock footage from Star Wars and music soundtrack from movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark. It is considered one of the worst movies of all time, and because of this, it has become a cult movie not only in Turkey, but internationally as well.
| The Man Who Saved The World/Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Çetin İnanç |
| Produced by | Mehmet Karahafız |
| Screenplay by | Cüneyt Arkın |
| Story by | Cüneyt Arkın |
| Starring | Cüneyt Arkın Aytekin Akkaya Necla Fide Hikmet Taşdemir Hüseyin Peyda Füsun Ucar |
| Narrated by | Muhip Arcıman |
| Music by | Kunt Tulgar |
| Cinematography | Çetin Gürtop |
| Edited by | Necdet Tok |
Production company | Anıt Ticaret |
| Distributed by | Anıt Film BijouFlix Releasing (US) |
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Running time | 97 minutes (complete) |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
Plot
Set in outer space and on a fictional planet, two pilots named Murat and Ali must find the evil tyrant Wizard and stop him from tyrannizing and enslaving the people and from destroying planets.
Cast
- Cüneyt Arkın as Murat
- Aytekin Akkaya as Ali
- Hikmet Taşdemir as Wizard
- Necla Fide as Queen
- Füsun Ucar as Scholar's daughter
- Hüseyin Peyda as Scholar
- Sönmez Yıkılmaz as Robot henchman