The Legend of Turkish cinema -- Mr. Erol Tas

The Legend of Turkish cinema -- Mr. Erol Tas

Mr. Erol Tas was born in the city of Erzurum, which is located in eastern Turkey, on the date of February 28, 1928.  He is an actor that was much liked in Turkey, plus received many recognitions for his 'bad guy' roles.  He acted in over 200 movies, and most of his roles were from the years 1960 to 1975; the panicle years of Yesilcam Sinema (Turkish Cinema).

He was the 'go to' actor when a strong, ruthless, and mean character needed to be played against the protagonist.  The important truth that movie watching public witnessed was that, he always out-played and out-worked all others in the movie; this earned him great respect by everyone.

The one movie that would stand out and show his acting skills was 'Susuz Yaz' (Dry Summer), a link of the movie is hyperlinked below, please take time to watch it. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvvRoneF4zE&t=4056s

This movie was filmed in 1964 and won the Golden Bear award in the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.

Mr. Erol Tas died on November 8, 1998 in Istanbul, may he rest in peace.  At a later date, I will add further to this brief essay of his life.

One important date that struck me, while reading about him was that, his date of birth of February 28, coincides with my daughter of Gonul Ezo.  I'm happy to have learned this.

Thank you,

Ben