Tuncel Kurtiz
Date of birth: 1936-02-01
Place of birth: Bilecik, Turkey
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Tuncel Curtiz
Biography
Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Since 1958, Kurtiz performed on many stages in Istanbul, in state and private theatres. He was also on the stage at Gothenburg City Theatre, Stockholm Royal Theatre and Swedish Theatre in Sweden, Schaubühne Berlin, Frankfurt City Theatre and Hamburg City Theatre in Germany and at Peter Brook Shakespeare Royal Theatre in England. Kurtiz directed plays for the German-Turkish theatre project "Türkisches Ensemble" in the late 1970s. During his university years and later the military service period, he became friends with the renowned film director Yılmaz Güney. They made a number of films together. Their 1970 film Umut was prohibited to leave Turkey, but was shown in Cannes Film Festival by a smuggled copy. His first film role was in Şeytanın Uşakları, shot in 1964. Since then, Tuncel Kurtiz played also in many international productions like Swedish, German, Dutch, Italian, French, British, Israel and Indian films and TV series, mostly in the original language.
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The Edge of Heaven
2007-09-27
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a pros
Code Name Coq Rouge
1989-08-25
His name is Carl Hamilton from a Swedish noble family - trained by the CIA and a army SEAL. When a g
Çökertme
1997-05-17
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008-12-30
Adventurer Jack Hunter sets off in pursuit of a legendary tomb, meeting dangerous old adversaries, a
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017-09-14
Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer
On Fertile Lands
1980-01-02
The tragic story of three farm worker who migrates from their village to the cotton land Çukurova.
O da Beni Seviyor
2001-10-12
Summer Love is a 2001 Turkish drama film directed and written by Barış Pirhasan with Gül Dirican.
Sawdust Tales
1997-01-02
Sawdust Tales is a whimsical and timeless parable on survival in hard times and the force of a first
Black and White
2010-04-22
A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling do
On the Tiger's Back
2002-11-08
Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at
Tales of Intransigence
2004-03-05
The story of rivalry between two forms of winter transport: the horse-drawn sleigh which can take th
Somersault in a Coffin
1996-04-01
Mahsun Supertitiz is an unemployed homeless man who steals cars at night so that he can sleep in a h
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983-08-26
The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedi
The Mahabharata
1990-01-24
One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production fro
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
1994-01-01
Bullets Won't Touch Me
1967-04-03
Yadigar goes to Istanbul from the village to make money. Becomes a famous bully in four years.
The Waterfall
2001-11-14
The story takes place in Harbiye town of Antakya just before the 1960 military coup d'etat. The econ
Happy Family Journal
2013-03-08
Children of a retired colonel come together after their father falls from the rooftop. This constrai
Pains of Autumn
2009-12-23
When a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds hi
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965-01-01
The Road That Has No End
1965-01-01
The film follows the lives of those who immigrate to the city, leaving their families behind. Ahmet
I Live When I Die
1965-01-01
Duygu Sagiroglu, known as an art director, depicts the class conflict and exposes the injustice and
On a Narrow Bridge
1985-01-02
The story of an impossible love in the Occupied Territories between an Israeli officer and a Palesti
The Bus
1974-01-10
A group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their mo
Journey on a Clock Hand
1997-04-09
A Turkish watchmaker is employed to mend a village clock that has not worked for some seven years. H
Bir Aşk Uğruna
1994-01-01
The Last Birds
1965-01-01
A love story begins in an Istanbul bookstore. A young engineer meets a schoolgirl in her final year
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1997-01-01
Being condemned to house arrest by her husband, a countess recognises her Turkish servant as a fello
Kanal
1979-03-01
Based on real events, this story traces a young district governor’s moral awakening as he confronts
Silahların Kanunu
1966-01-01
The film is about a cop who switches places with a criminal who robbed a bank. Yılmaz Ali stole a bu
Hope
1970-05-25
After losing one of his horses in an accident, an illiterate horse cab driver sets out into the dese
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
1998-06-03
Kurdish expert Hiner Saleem (Shero) wrote and directed this French comedy-drama, set inside the 100,
In Foreign Soil
2001-04-10
In fremder Erde (In Foreign Soil) documents the Muslim traditions of burial in Turkey and Germany, b
The Ugly King
1966-06-16
The story of a detective trying to solve the mafia showdown.
Hoşçakal Yarın
1998-10-23
This movie is about Deniz Gezmis and his two comrades. They were three revolutionary activist has be
Love is Colder Than Death
1995-12-01
In the movie, the life of a singer who has problems with her husband is narrated. Belgin, who works
My boy, look at the stars
2012-05-04
February 28 is Deniz Gezmiş's birthday… He would have been 75 years old today; but it only lived for
Kanli Mezar
1966-01-01
The film tells the story of archaeologist Yılmaz, Murat, and Zeynep's fight against an international
Işıklar Sönmesin
1996-10-25
The struggle of Seydo, whom he was assigned to go with lieutenant Murat, in the tough geography of t
Die Hallo-Sisters
1990-11-29
A run-down former radio producer persuades two quarrelsome 1950s stars to try their comeback on nati
The Herd
1979-02-01
Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodit
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996-03-15
During the sea battle which took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Italians, a ship which had
Law of the Border
1966-10-04
In Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in smuggling
Hasan the Rose
1980-06-23
A film director comes to Stockholm claiming he is an internationally renowned filmmaker. The truth i
Krallar Ölmez
1967-01-01
Loosely based on "The Girl Hunters" written by Mickey Spillane. After many years on a drunken binge
The Smile of the Lamb
1986-09-01
This Israeli-made film is set along the battle-torn West Bank. Military governor Makram Khouri tries
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973-10-01
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunystraße features the war-widow Frau Kutzer, the philosopher-
The Wall
1983-02-01
Produced, written and directed by Yılmaz Güney within his own personal experiences of capital offens
Horse, Woman and Gun
1966-04-01
Raised on the mountain like a son, Alicik's path intersects with pure and clean mayfly. The love bet
Kuduz Recep
1967-01-01
The film tells the story of a gang leader who helps in the national struggle. Paşa receives gold fro
Time of Vengeance
1990-01-01
Orhan, who is ten years old, comes to Vienna from a small Village in Anatolia. Armed with his grandf
The Guardian Angel
1990-03-18
An unspecified European country ca 1912 in the throws of political upheaval. A man only dressed in b
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998-03-13
The story of a man who was wrongfully imprisoned and spent six years behind bars, only to be release
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965-01-01
The story of a journalist and a prostitution ring that leads young girls astray. Faruk, who is marri
Krallar Kralı
1965-01-01
It tells the story of how Murat's life changed when he was caught committing a robbery. While search
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966-04-01
The film tells the story of Yusuf and Gül, who are planning to get married, and their lives that are
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
1965-01-01
The Frozen Leopard
1986-08-29
Two brothers meet again after a few years away from each other. Jerry has been in prison for petty c
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025-04-17
Tuncel Kurtiz is an international actor who has worked in various countries such as Turkey, Germany,
Konyakçı
1965-01-01
Kanlı Meydan
1965-01-01
Sokaklar Yanıyor
1965-01-01
Zehirli Kucak
1966-01-01