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Movie Publicity Photo -- Zerrin Egeliler appeared on the cover of this issue of Pazar Magazine, a popular movie periodical of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Movie Poster --
Onsuz Olamam
(I'm Nothing Without Him/Her/It)
written and directed by
Savaş Eşici in 1978.
Two 'close' sisters
(Zerrin Egeliler and Müge Güler)
are in love with
the same man (Salih Güney).

Movie Poster from 1978 for 'Onsuz Olamam' (I'm Nothing Without Him/Her/It) directed by Savaş Eşici -- starring Salih Güney, Müge Güler, and Zerrin Egeliler.
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VCD Movie Cover --
Yalnız Kalp / Uçurum
(Lonely Heart / I Fly Like The Wind)
written and directed by
Yücel Uçanoğlu in 1978.
The story of two young men
(Hadi Çaman and Bülent Kaybaş)
and a young woman (Zerrin Egeliler)
discovering
seks for the first time.

VCD Movie Cover from 1978 for 'Yalnız Kalp / Uçurum' (Lonely Heart / I Fly Like The Wind) written and directed by Yücel Uçanoğlu in 1978. A story-plot about young love and first-time 'seks'.
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Movie Photo --
Egeliler grieves at the funeral for her
believed-to-be-dead first husband
in Şıllık (Painted Jezebel) 1979

Movie photo from 'Şıllık' (Painted Jezebel) 1979 -- Zerrin Egeliler grieves for her believed-to-be-dead first husband.
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Movie Photo --
'Mother' Mürvet Sim pressures
'lawyer' Kamer Sadık at graveside
to hurry-up the 'Reading of the Will'
in Painted Jezebel 1979

Movie photo from 'Şıllık' (Painted Jezebel) 1979 -- Zerrin Egeliler's mother (Mürvet Sim) pressures lawyer (Kamer Sadık) at graveside, to hurry-up the 'Reading of the Will'
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Movie Photo --
(L-R) Bülent Kayabaş,
Hadi Çaman [the talking portrait],
Zerrin Egeliler, and Mürvet Sim listen
as Kamer Baba [Kamer Sadık]
'Reads the Will' of the 'deceased'
in Painted Jezebel 1979.
Movie Photo of (L to R) Bülent Kayabaş, Hadi Çaman [the talking portrait], Zerrin Egeliler, Mürvet Sim, and Kamer Baba [Kamer Sadık] -- the Reading of the Will, from the movie 'Şıllık' (Painted Jezebel) 1979
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Movie Photo --
The Portrait of Hadi Çaman...
Hadi speaks from the grave
imploring his best friend
Bülent Kayabaş
to marry Hadi's poor widow
Zerrin Egeliler in Painted Jezebel

Movie snapshot from 'Şıllık' (Painted Jezebel) 1979 -- Hadi Çaman speaks from the grave imploring his best friend Bülent Kayabaş to marry Hadi's 'unfortunate' widow Zerrin Egeliler.
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Romance, Love, and Sex Matters in Turkey
The Erotik Turkish Cinema
Zerrin Egeliler
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VCD Movie Cover --
Şıllık (Painted Jezebel)
Directed by Ülkü Erakalın in 1979 --
starring Zerrin Egeliler, Hadi Çaman, Bülent Kayabaş,
and Mürvet Sim
(who is not the blonde on the cover)

Movie Poster -- Zerrin Egeliler, Hadi Çaman, Bülent Kayabaş, and Mürvet Sim in 'Şıllık' (Painted Jezebel) 1979
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    The Players: Zerrin Egeliler
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    'Painted Jezebel'...
    An Erotik (and Comic) Movie Mix

    Movie Comedy for Grownups
    continued...

    In Part 6 of this Zerrin Egeliler movie chronicle, we noted that her seks comedy film Şıllık (Painted Jezebel) is based on a simple premise... that it's perfectly all right for a wife to remarry a second husband after the death of her first husband.

    But, what if, at the prompting of her pushy mother, the new widow goes ahead a little too hastily with remarriage. And then... what happens when the report of her first husband's death turns out to be false -- having been based on bad info? What does a merry Turkish widow want with hubby #2 if hubby #1 is still alive and kicking?

    Well, in such a case, you've got the makin's for a Turkish 'erotik' comedy-movie stew...

    Basic Movie Facts

    Şıllık (Painted Jezebel) -- 1979
    An Ören Studios Production, written and directed by Ülkü Erakalın -- starring Zerrin Egeliler (as herself) along with some of the best known conventional film cross-over actors/actresses of that era: Hadi Çaman (as himself, in the role of hubby #1), Bülent Kayabaş (as himself, in the role of hubby #2), Mürvet/Mürüvvet Sim (as Egeliler's mother), Kamer Baba/Sadık (as the family lawyer), Ali Demir (as the marriage-ceremony magistrate, and Yüksel Gözen (as the marriage-court judge).

    The Movie's Plot

    The movie's opening-scene is filmed in the 700 year-old Karacaahmet Cemetery of Üsküdar, on Istanbul's Anatololian (Asian) side. [See atı alan Üsküdar'ı geçti.] Friends and family have gathered there for the funeral of Zerrin Egeliler's reportedly-deceased husband Hadi Caman. Several friends (including Bülent Kayabaş) offer condolances to the grieving-widow Zerrin and her mother (Mürvet Sim), by expressing the simple but heartfelt 'Başınız sağ olsun' Turkish condolence-phrase.

    Note: As a rule, Muslims bury the 'departed' the next day after a person 'departs'. (See The Muslim Way of Death.) Exceptions to his rule arise if distant family members need more time to return for the burial ceremony -- or if the departed is a celebrity/VIP for which burial ceremony preparations can be quite extensive. Still, in 'ordinary' circumstances, next-day funerals are carried out on-schedule, even if there are no physical-remains to bury (as in the case of an airplane lost at sea, for example).

    Even in the midst of condolance-giving at the graveside, Zerrin's mother begins to pester her daughter on the subject of remarriage, reckoning that Bülent Kayabaş would make a fine new son-in-law. But Zerrin admonishes her mother and respectfully weeps for her 'deceased' husband.

    Undaunted, Zerrin's mother sneakily pressures the family lawyer (Kamer Baba), who is also among the mourners at the cemetary, (see movie photo, upper left) to officially 'Read the Will' the next day at 2 in the afternoon at the family home.

    The appointed hour arrives, and, in the parlor of the family home, the lawyer assembles everyone mentioned in the will. They include Bülent Kayabaş, Zerrin Egeliler, and Zerrin's mother. (See movie-photo, upper left.)

    On the fireplace mantle, sits a life-sized photo-portrait of the presumably-deceased (Hadi Caman). But, as we soon learn, it's no ordinary portrait...It's a 3-dimensional picture with the power of movement and speech (see movie-photo at upper left) -- employed by the film's director Erakalın as a cinematic 'device'. A device with the ability to influence the movie's plot and orchestrate the actions of the other actors!

    Oh my...
    Seems we're in for a magical movie romp --
    which we'll examine further in:

    Part 8 -- 'Painted Jezebel'...
    When dalliance is in flower,
    what's a girl to do?

    - with quite a revealing film clip -

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  • Figen Han -- Fire down below...
  • Arzu Okay -- brainy 'erotik' bombshell
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  • Birth of Turkish Movies
  • The Rise of Turkey's 'Erotik' Films Industry
  • Turkish Movies Index
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  • The 10 Basic Varieties of Unfaithful Turkish Lovers
  • Divorce Turkish-style
  • American Girls
  • The Swinging Beachcomber's Guide to Summer Romance in Turkey
  • What Merry Turkish Widows Want
  • The Circumcision Monologues
  • 'Erotik' Movies Database -- Zerrin Egeliler in Yedi Kocalı
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    We are extremely grateful for the
    Turkish-language movies source material on which some of this page is based -- to the following:
    Cihan Demirci, Metin Demirhan, İlke Gürsoy, Giovanni Scognamillo,
    Sinematik -- Alternatif Sinema Kültürü Blogu (http://sinematik.blogspot.com),
    and sinemasever
    (http://www.hafif.org/uye/sinemasever).

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