All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz

All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz

85 mins | Documentary | April 17, 2025

Tuncel Kurtiz is an international actor who has worked in various countries such as Turkey, Germany, and Sweden throughout his fifty-year career. He has starred in countless works in cinema, stage and television and has received many awards, including the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. He has directed two documentaries and a feature-length fiction film. Kurtiz's acting performance ranges from popular melodramas to major plays such as Mahabharata (Peter Brook), encompassing many different genres and styles. As an actor, Kurtiz believes in the creative power of chaos: 'Chaos is the most difficult to create / Not a false chaos / Many things come out of chaos'. Through testimonies, film excerpts, and archive footage, this documentary reflects Tuncel Kurtiz's diverse body of artistic work in all its dimensions for the first time. In the background of this detailed portrait are Turkey's turbulent years and the reality of exile.

All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz

85 mins | Documentary | April 17, 2025

All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
Tuncel Kurtiz is an international actor who has worked in various countries such as Turkey, Germany, and Sweden throughout his fifty-year career. He has starred in countless works in cinema, stage and television and has received many awards, including the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. He has directed two documentaries and a feature-length fiction film. Kurtiz's acting performance ranges from popular melodramas to major plays such as Mahabharata (Peter Brook), encompassing many different genres and styles. As an actor, Kurtiz believes in the creative power of chaos: 'Chaos is the most difficult to create / Not a false chaos / Many things come out of chaos'. Through testimonies, film excerpts, and archive footage, this documentary reflects Tuncel Kurtiz's diverse body of artistic work in all its dimensions for the first time. In the background of this detailed portrait are Turkey's turbulent years and the reality of exile.
Producers Nar Film, 19:30 Film
Original title Bölük Pörçük – Bir Tuncel Kurtiz Biyografisi
Directors Özcan Alper
Writers Özcan Alper

Cast

Tuncel Kurtiz

as Self

Cansu Dere

as Self

Halit Ergenç

as Self

Fatih Akin

as Self

Nejat İşler

as Self

Berkay Ateş

as Self

Kerem Çatay

as Self

Erkan Can

as Self

Müjdat Gezen

as Self

Nur Sürer

as Self

Nursel Köse

as Self

Reis Çelik

as Self

Şevval Sam

as Self

Fatoş Güney

as Self