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Movie Info

After the death of his father, Sultan Mehmet II takes the Ottoman throne and gathers his forces to lay siege to Constantinople.

Genre:

action, war, drama, adventure
Original Language:

Turkish
Director:

Faruk Aksoy
Producer:

Faruk Aksoy
Writer:

Atilla Engin, Irfan Saruhan
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Runtime:

2h 40m
Production Co:

Aksoy Film

Cast & Crew

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

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Critic Reviews for Fetih 1453

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (3)

Making history may require only bravado, but making historical movies demands subtlety as well.

April 27, 2012 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Mark Jenkins
Washington Post
The movie, a hit on its home turf of Turkey, is a straight-up shot of martyrdom and extravagance, honor and glory.

April 26, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Sheri Linden
Los Angeles Times
This film's so bad, it's a pretty great 'what not to do' in filmmaking.

September 28, 2017 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Yasmin Shehab
Cairo360
Conquest 1453 is a muddled pool of hypocrisy. While it feeds on the common paranoia of seeing the West as an unwelcoming and disreputable crowd, it reinforces our collective consciousness' aspirations for superiority in two very contradictory ways

February 29, 2016 | Full Review…

Emine Yildirim
Today's Zaman (Turkey)
If you see only one Turkish epic about the siege of Constantinople this year, it should be Fetih 1453. Fetih has intrigue, dancing girls, hunky men, and a spunky heroine.

April 6, 2012 | Full Review…

Maitland McDonagh
Film Journal International