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Released
1976 · FILM

Tosun Pasha

When two feuding Turkish families scheme to marry their sons to a wealthy landowner’s daughter to claim a coveted valley, the underdog Tellioglus enlist their bumbling butler to masquerade as a high‑ranking Ottoman officer—risking scandal and war to secure the prize.

“Green Valley is ours!”

Directed by
Kartal Tibet
Written by
Yavuz Turgul
Runtime
90 min
Language
TR
ComedyHistory

Synopsis

In the late 19th century in Alexandria, the rival Turkish families "Seferoglu" and "Tellioglu" are vying for control of the "Green Valley." The decision rests with Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter named Leyla. Both families attempt to secure a marriage between one of their sons and Leyla, hoping to influence Daver Bey to favor their family with the Green Valley. The Tellioglus, who are at a disadvantage, devise a desperate plan: they will impersonate their idiotic butler, Saban, as the highest ranked Ottoman soldier in Egypt, Tosun Pasha.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ismail KalkanShot by Kriton Ilyadis

Box Office

1976 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 11× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$698K

Budget$64K
Worldwide gross$698K
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Tosun Pasade

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