Film adaptation of the popular musical theater play with identical name, "The Legend of Kesanli Ali" was written by famous Turkish playwright Haldun Taner (1915-1986). The original play had first been staged in 1964, the same year with the film. The story is taking place in the slums of 60's Istanbul, revolving around tough-guy Ali who gets out of prison thanks to a recent general amnesty. Ali has been wrongly accused of killing the uncle of the girl he truly loves. It satirizes the social and political situation of the country in a tragicomic way.
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