Flying Saucers Over Istanbul (1955)

1955 · Feature film · 66 min · dir. Orhan Erçin

Cardboard robots and belly dancers... what more could you want.

• Comedy
• Science Fiction
• Fantasy

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Synopsis

Turkish sci-fi comedy from 1955. It’s recommended for fans of old Turkish movies and psychotronic cult films. It has a quite different feel than the more familiar superhero films from the country like Kilink Istanbulda, etc. It more closely resembles something like Abbot and Costello On Mars, with the addition of belly dancing. There are leotard-clad female aliens, a Plan 9-style spaceship, a Marilyn Monroe imitator. and a robot made out of a cardboard box. The leader of the female aliens tries…

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Details

Director

Orhan Erçin

Writer

Orhan Erçin

Studio

Birsel Film

Released

1955-01-01

Original title

Uçan Daireler İstanbul'da

Running time

66 minutes

Cast & crew

• Orhan Erçin Director
• Orhan Erçin
• Özcan Tekgül
• Zafer Önen
• Özdemir Asaf
• Halide Pişkin
• Türkan Şamil
• Salih Tozan
• Mirella Monro

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