Kırık Hayatlar (Broken Lives) is a 1965 Turkish drama film, directed by Halit Refiğ and starring Belgin Doruk, Cüneyt Arkın, and Nebahat Çehre.[1] It is based on the novel with the same name from Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil. Another version TV series was released in 2021, starring Meltem Akçöl, Murat Onuk and Burcu Almeman.[2]

Kırık Hayatlar
Directed byHalit Refiğ
StarringBelgin Doruk
Cüneyt Arkın
Nebahat Çehre
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

In Orhan Pamuk's novel The Museum of Innocence the main character finances a movie based on Broken Lives, which is described as "a tale of love and family ties in the Ottoman mansions of the Westernized bourgeoisie and the imperial elite".[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Halit Refiğ" (in Turkish). Sinematurk. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ^ Kirik Hayatlar (TV Series 2021–2022) - IMDb, retrieved 2023-03-14
  3. ^ Pamuk, Orhan (2010). The Museum of Innocence. Translated by Feely, Maureen. New York: Vintage. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-307-38624-3.
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