History of Turkish erotic movies – The protagonists – Alev Altin, The Turkish Traci Lords
Altin’s early professional life is reminiscent of American porn film star Traci Lords (b. May 7, 1968), who made her first X-rated film in the low-Age 16 years old. But unlike Lords (whose mature good looks still command attention in softcore action cops), Altin died young.
Without a shred of formal film school training, Altin landed her first (known) film break in a supporting role: playing a buxom, non-speaking girl in the non-erotic film. bucket; sister in law (starring morning idol Kadir Inanir and exuberant young Müjde Ar) in 1975.
He made his adult film debut that same year in the low-17 years old, in the farce of erotic sex Civciv Çikacak Kus Çikacak; The chick will emerge to become an adult bird. (starring the curvaceous Mine Mutlu and the lead Ünsal Emre). Alev Hanim played the role of a nightclub singer (with musical voiceover by Belkıs Özener), who also strips for special paying clients.
Belkis Ozener…
who did musical dubbing for actresses like
Türkan Soray, Hülya Koçyigit, Fatma Girik and Feliz Akin
in more than 300 romantic movies,
also provided musical vocals for ‘Civciv’ —
before knowing that the film was erotic.
When she finally found out the truth, it offended her sense of propriety so much that she never lent her voice to anyone again, becoming a singing star in her own right.
Altin’s erotic film career (during which she made over 25 films) only spanned the years 1975 to 1977. And she was treated poorly by the erotic film industry during that entire time. When she was paid something, she was underpaid, and she also suffered physical abuse. Nonetheless, she seemed to have survived her adult film experience with surprisingly good humour. In her own words (translated figuratively):
Alev Altın — during his erotic film career, 1975-1977…
“Of course it wasn’t easy… Look at this bump on my nose, left over from those days. The first time I had to undress in front of the camera for ‘Civciv,’ I was extremely shy and hesitant. The Yapimci; ProducerNazmi Özer, gave me a slap I’ll never forget… I stripped on command after that.”
in part 2: Alev Altin gets high with “Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll”…
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