Summary
In the twilight of the Ottoman era, Bican Efendi vekilharç emerges as a seminal artifact of Turkish cinematic history, chronicling the misadventures of its titular protagonist, a steward whose physiological clumsiness borders on the metaphysical. Tasked with the administration of a grand pavilion, Bican occupies a precarious position within the household hierarchy, his every movement a potential catalyst for domestic disaster. The narrative arc pivots on a moment of audacious defiance: despite an explicit prohibition against secular revelry, Bican orchestrates a clandestine musical soirée, inviting a troupe of performers to transform the staid residence into a bastion of forbidden melody. This endeavor, structured as a sequence of increasingly frantic comedic vignettes, inevitably draws the scrutiny of the local police. The film functions as a rhythmic exploration of slapstick and social transgression, marking the definitive transition of traditional Meddah and Karagöz theatrical tropes into the burgeoning medium of motion pictures, forever immortalizing Sadi Fikret Karagözoglu as the first true icon of Turkish screen comedy.
Synopsis
Bican Efendi who is too awkward works as steward at a pavilion and one day although arranging an entertainment is forbidden he decides to arrange a musical night and somehow police finds out about this fun. The movie is composed of successive funny parts with sketches. The movie is considered as the first Turkish comedy movie.
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