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 Dawn of the Anatolian Laugh: A Historical Reckoning To witness Bican Efendi vekilharç is to peer through a celluloid keyhole into the very birth of a national cinematic identity. Released in 1921, amidst the tectonic shifts of a collapsing empire and the nascent stirrings of a republic, this film represents more...


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Sadi Fikret Karagözoglu

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" The Dawn of the Anatolian Laugh: A Historical Reckoning To witness Bican Efendi vekilharç is to peer through a celluloid keyhole into the very birth of a national cinematic identity. Released in 1921, amidst the tectonic shifts of a collapsing empire and the nascent stirrings of a republic, this film represents more than mere entertainment; it is the foundational stone of Turkish humor. Sadi Fikret Karagözoglu, who both authored and inhabited the lead role, brought to the screen a physical vo..."
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Sadi Fikret Karagözoglu, Ibnürrefik Ahmet Nuri Sekizinci, Daniel Riche
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