Vedat Örfi Bengü

Vedat Örfi Bengü, also spelt as Wedad Orfi, and Wadad Orfi, (October 14, 1900 – May 25, 1953) was a Turkish-Egyptian silent film producer and actor.[1]

Vedat Örfi Bengü
BornOctober 14, 1900
DiedMay 25, 1953
Years active1915-1953

Filmography

Oyuncu olarak

  • Leyla (1927)
  • Bir Sigara Yüzünden (1928)
  • Kaçakçılar (1929)
  • Kontrol Et ve Tekrar Kontrol Et (1930)
  • İstanbul Sokakları'nda (1931)
  • Bir Millet Uyanıyor (1932)
  • Karım Beni Aldatırsa (1932)
  • Karım Beni Aldatırsa (1933)
  • Söz Bir Allah Bir (1933)
  • Kaçakçılar (1933)
  • Milyon Avcıları (1934)
  • Aysel Bataklı Damın Kızı (1934)
  • Aysel Bataklı Damın Kızı (1935)
  • Size Nasıl Geliyorsa (1936)
  • Intermezzo (1936)
  • Güneşe Doğru (1937)
  • Aynaroz Kadısı (1938)
  • Doğan Çavuş (1938)
  • Taş Parçası (1939)
  • Allah'ın Cenneti (1939)
  • Tosun Paşa (1939)
  • Bir Kavuk Devrildi (1939)
  • Akasya Palas (1940)
  • Şehvet Kurbanı (1940)
  • Yılmaz Ali (1940)
  • Nasreddin Hoca Düğünde (1940)
  • Kıvırcık Paşa (1941)
  • Kahveci Güzeli (1941)
  • Kıskanç (1942)
  • Sürtük (1942)
  • Nasreddin Hoca Düğünde (1943)
  • Dertli Pınar (1943)
  • Onüç Kahraman (1943)
  • Solan Gönüller (1944)
  • Hasret (1944)
  • Günahsızlar (1944)
  • Deniz Kızı (1944)
  • Hürriyet Apartmanı (1944)
  • Yayla Kartalı (1945)
  • On Üç Kahraman (1945)
  • Köroğlu (1945)
  • Harman Sonu (1946)
  • Senede Bir Gün (1946)
  • Domaniç Yolcusu Unutulan Sır (1946)
  • Bağdagül (1947)
  • Kılıbıklar (1947)
  • Seven ne Yapmaz (1947)
  • Yara (1947)
  • Gençlik Günahı (1947)
  • Yanık Kaval (1947)
  • Fedakar Ana (1947)
  • Günahım (1948)
  • Domaniç Yolcusu Unutulan Sır (1948)
  • İstiklâl Madalyası (1948)
  • Harmankaya (1948)
  • Damga (1948)
  • Düşkünler (Beyaz Baykuş) (1948)
  • Günahım (1949)
  • Er Meydanı (1949)
  • Üvey Baba (1949)
  • Fato / Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm (1949)
  • Fedakar Ana (1949)
  • Baba Katili (1949)
  • Bir Fırtına Gecesi (1950)
  • Çıldıran Baba (1950)
  • Akdeniz Korsanları (1950)
  • Ateşten Gömlek (1950)
  • Çete (1950)
  • Istanbul Geceleri (1950)
  • Lüküs Hayat (1950)
  • Allah Kerim (1950)
  • Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe (1950)
  • Söyleyin Anama Ağlamasın (1950)
  • Üçüncü Selim'in Gözdesi (1950)
  • Yüzbaşı Tahsin (1950)
  • Zülfikârın Gölgesinde (1950)
  • Zehirli Şüphe (1950)
  • Soysuz (1950)
  • Sihirli Define (1950)
  • Parmaksız Salih (1950)
  • Onu Affettim (1950)
  • Oğlum İçin (1950)
  • Kapanan Gözler (1950)
  • Harman Sonu Dönüşü (1950)
  • Estergon Kalesi (1950)
  • Kore'de Türk Süngüsü (1951)
  • Dudaktan Kalbe (1951)
  • Lale Devri (1951)
  • Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa (1951)
  • Istanbul'un Fethi (1951)
  • Yavuz Sultan Selim ve Yeniçeri Hasan (1951)
  • Vatan ve Namık Kemal (1951)
  • Hayat Acıları (1951)
  • Vatan için (1951)
  • Son Gece (1952)
  • Altı Ölü Var İpsala Cinayeti (1952)
  • Edi Ile Büdü Tiyatrocu (1952)
  • Kanun Namına (1952)
  • Yavuz Sultan Selim Ağlıyor (1952)
  • İngiliz Kemal Lawrense Karşı (1952)
  • Drakula İstanbul'da (1952)

Career

Controversy depicting Muhammad

In 1926, Örfi approached Youssef Wahbi to play the role of Muhammad in a film, which would be financed by the Turkish government and a German producer.[2] Whilst the President of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and the Istanbul Council of Ulamas gave their approval to the film, the Islamic Al-Azhar University in Cairo published a juridical decision stipulating that Islam forbids the representation of Muhammad and his companions.[2] Thereafter, King Fouad warned Whabi that he would be exiled and stripped of his Egyptian citizenship if he took part in the film.[2] Consequently, the film was later abandoned.[1]

Leila/Layla – the first Egyptian feature film

By 1927 Örfi produced and starred in the film "Neda Allah" ("The Call of Allah") which was a collaborative project with Aziza Amir.[3] The film was later remade and released as "Laila" ("Leila") with some of Orfi’s original shots left in the film.[3] The latter production is often considered to be the first Egyptian feature film.

Filmography

In Egypt

  • 1927: Laila
  • 1928: The Victim / al-Dahiyyah
  • 1929: The Beauty from the Desert / Ghaddat al-sahra
  • 1929: The Drama of Life / Ma Sat al-Hayat

In Turkey

Personal life

In the 1930s Örfi moved to Turkey.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Armes, Roy (2008), "Orfi, Wedad", Dictionary of African Filmmakers, Indiana University Press, p. 105, ISBN 978-0253351166, Egyptian silent filmmaker of Turkish origin.
  2. ^ a b c Shohat, Ella (2009), "Sacred Word, Profane Image: Theologies of Adaptation", in Bayrakdar, Deniz (ed.), Cinema and Politics: Turkish Cinema and The New Europe, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 17, ISBN 978-1443804158
  3. ^ a b Mejri, Ouissal (2017), "The Birth of North African Cinema", in Bisschoff, Lizelle (ed.), Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema, Routledge, pp. 29–30, ISBN 978-1351577397
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