Of course he is not as talented as others. But in years he has improved his acting.

Nevertheless, isn´t he the most paid actor anyway?

Plans to screen a Turkish film in Germany starting Thursday have been halted over concerns the action movie contains anti-Semitic propaganda.

A spokesperson for the Pera Film Company in Cologne, which was distributing “Kurtlar Vadisi: Filistin” (Valley of the Wolves: Palestine) in Germany, said the German Movie Control Association, or FSK, would prevent the screening because the movie, which allegedly features anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli overtones, was to be released on Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Noting that the company would obey the FSK’s decision for now, the spokesperson said they would make a final decision concerning the issue after examining the justification for the order.

“Kurtlar Vadisi” had been criticized by German politicians of various political persuasions in recent days.

“‘Kurtlar Vadisi: Filistin’ is a problematic movie because it foments violence, anti-Israeli [feelings] and anti-Semitic sentiments,” said Kerstin Griese, a parliamentary deputy for the opposition Social Democratic Party.

The date chosen to release the movie elicited anger from across the political spectrum, with Philip Missfelder, a parliamentary member of the ruling Christian Democratic Party, saying it disrespected victims of the Holocaust. Jerzy Montag of the Green Party said it was “irresponsible” to release the film Jan. 27.

The film reprises the raid on the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship that was carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip last year when it was attacked by Israeli commandos, resulting in the deaths of eight Turks and one U.S. citizen of Turkish origin.

Kurtlar Vadisi first started as a television series, but spin-off movies have since come to accompany the continuing TV shows. The franchise is famous for touching upon political issues, such as when U.S. forces detained Turkish soldiers in Iraq and put sacks over their heads. The nationalist hero of the movie, Polat Alemdar, is a semi-official Turkish agent who exacts revenge on those who act against the Turks

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This movie is like a poison for the young minds. It has created thousands of wannabe Polats.

Thinking of the differences and similarities between this and The Godfather: The Godfather also depicted the life of mafia members but it did not so with an eye to revealing a reality of life The movie did that without praising the evil aspects of mafia members or by trying to turn them into idols. In the end, it did create idols but that was thanks to immense acting powers of the likes of Marlon Brando and the excellence of the whole production complete with the theme music. People praised Marlon Brando for the performance or the producers for the work. In the case of Kurtlar Vadisi, it is the mafia life that is presented as an enviable choice not the acting, not the music, not the photography etc.

Nevertheless, I condemn Germany´s decision to call off the debut of the movie. The producers are purposefully playing these tricks to bring it up on the agenda by making it appear as if what is told in the movie is relevant to the current political affairs.

 I agree with some points but this movie is about Palastine. We should first discuss about this issue. Almost a decade later we start to do our own movies against USA propoganda movies like Rambo series that show almost all Muslims as terrorists or barbaric people. This is an important step.

Who watched the movie and how is it? I especially wonder Erdal Beşikçioğlu´s performance. I am a fan of him from Behzat Ç. serial.

The problem with these kinds of movies is that people think that this is reality. They have used a real story, and used this as a base for a movie script. It remains a movie however, with big dramatizations, and even things that never happened. But do the people in the cinema realize this, or will they form an opinion based on a movie, made to create money for the studio-owners?