King of the Doormen (1976)
January 1, 1976Release Date
King of the Doormen (1976)
January 1, 1976Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Kemal Sunal
Seyyit
Sevda Ferdağ
Mahir'in Ev Arkadasi
Bilge Zobu
Zafer Bey
Şevket Altuğ
Votkaci
Sevil Üstekin
Hacer
Zeki Ökten
Director
Feridun Çölgeçen
Übeyit Bey
Diler Saraç
Doktorun Karısı
Umur Bugay
Writer
Arif Keskiner
Producer
Güner Sümer
Nuri
İzzet Akay
Cinematographer
Mete Sezer
Memur Ferit
Ismail Kalkan
Editor
Yüksel Gözen
Müdür Mithat
Can Kolukısa
Fehmi
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1976
Original NameKapıcılar Kralı
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Genres
Wiki.
King of the Doormen, (Turkish: Kapıcılar Kralı), is a 1976 Turkish comedy film featuring Kemal Sunal, Sevda Ferdağ, Bilge Zobu and Şevket Altuğ, produced by Arif and Abdurrahman Keskiner and, directed by Zeki Ökten. The movie is the third collaboration of Ökten and Sunal, following Hanzo and Şaşkın Damat, both shot in 1975. Kapıcılar Kralı is considered as one of the most memorable motion pictures of the career of Kemal Sunal. Along with Çöpçüler Kralı another movie of Sunal also directed by Zeki Ökten, Kapıcılar Kralı is also featured in the book 100 Yılın 100 Türk Filmi, written by Atilla Dorsay, Turkish film critic.The movie is decorated major local success, winning best director and best actor awards at 1977 International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, in which it was also runner-up of best motion picture after Kara Çarşaflı Gelin of director and producer Süreyya Duru. Thus, Kemal Sunal became the first comedy-genre actor ever to win the award. Movie is also inducted at 100 Yıl 100 Film, a publicly voted list that is gathering 100 best motion pictures of Turkish cinema, in honour of its centenary, published by Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, in 2014. The movie is ranked 36th out of 100 movies in total, after an online-voted pool of 367,620 voters.