The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali

The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali

2007 · 119 min · TR · 6.2 (30 votes)
Dir. Mustafa Şevki Doğan · Starring Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Cansu Dere, Engin Şenkan, Levent Öktem, Anna Babkova, John Baker
ActionComedyDramaWarHistory

After the First World War, the Allies occupy Istanbul. The protagonist, Yandim Ali is a rogue, discharged from the navy, who doesn't believe that the country can be saved, until he meets Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk), who plans to start a resistance in Anatolia against the occupying Allies, as well as the collaborators of an Ottoman government, that exists only on paper.

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A gritty, stirring tale of a nation's fight for survival. It balances somber historical weight with moments of heroic action and burgeoning hope, set against the backdrop of post-war occupation.

grittyheroicsomberstirringsteadyhistorical epicperiod dramaaction-dramaresistancenationalismhopesacrifice
atatürk
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