Fetih 1453 (2012)

After the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do - conquer Constantinople.

Director:

Faruk Aksoy

Writers:

Atilla Engin (screenplay), Irfan Saruhan (script writer)

Stars:

Devrim Evin, Ibrahim Celikkol, Dilek Serbest

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Devrim Evin	...	Sultan Mehmed II
Ibrahim Celikkol	...	Ulubatli Hasan
Dilek Serbest	...	Era
Cengiz Coskun	...	Giovanni Giustiniani
Erden Alkan	...	Chandarly Halil Pasha
Recep Aktug	...	Constantine XI
Raif Hikmet Cam	...	Aksemseddin
Naci Adigüzel	...	Granduk Notaras
Sedat Mert	...	Zaganos Pasha
Mustafa Atilla Kunt	...	Sahabettin Pasha
Ozcan Aliser	...	Saruca Pasha
Yilman Babaturk	...	Ishak Pasha
Murat Sezal	...	Isa Pasha
Faik Aksoy	...	Karaca Pasha
Huseyin Santur	...	Baltaoglu Suleiman Pasha

Storyline

In 1453, the Byzantine capital of Constantinople is surrounded by Ottoman Turks. The city is but a shadow of its former glory due to the empire's ever receding coffers, while the Ottoman Empire continues to grow rich. After years of tolerating the existance of Byzantium, the ambitious sultan, Mehmet II launches his campaign to end the Byzantine Empire and take Constantinople for the Ottomans, resulting in arguably the greatest siege of that age.

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Plot Keywords:

byzantium | turk | death | ottoman empire | throne | 

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Taglines:

The fall of an empire will be the rise of another.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

MovieScore Media [se] Official site

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish English Arabic

Release Date:

25 April 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Zavoevanie1453

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$4,420 (USA) (9 March 2012)

Gross:

$73,882 (USA) (9 March 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aksoy Film, Medyapim

Technical Specs

Runtime:

160 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At one point, Giovanni Giustiniani uses a telescope to watch the invading troops. The telescope was not invented in the West until the early-1600s.

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Quotes

Sultan Mehmed II: Either I will conquer Istanbul or Istanbul will conquer me.

User Reviews

Exaggeration and Sublimation of Ottoman History

Almost everything in the movie, is very blown up: Costumes, characters, places... Not everything fits to what really happened back then, nor does it have to. But that doesn't mean that the director has the right to irritatingly twist history in favor of conservatives in Turkey.

He falsely presents Emperor Mehmet II as a superhero that makes almost no mistakes, and as a monogamous person. Of course, the facts that he was a wine drinker, a lover of ancient Greek and Roman arts, that he let the city to be sacked for two days, he hanged one of his viziers, and killed all his brothers and made a law that allows and suggests his successors to kill their brothers "for continuation of the state", were all ignored! And we see "the enemies" always speak with a sneaky voice which shows that they're the coward and evil guys. Byzantine Emperor has a weird "digital palace" that has numberless columns, and lives in corruption. War scenes and military costumes are so unrealistic, as well... The list goes on.

Shortly, what I saw was a religious, peasant point of view and a foolish sublimation of Ottoman history. That's what happens with big budget and very limited mentality.