Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoglu

2019 [TURKISH]

Biography / Drama / History / Sport

10
IMDb Rating 8.2/10 10 15339 15.3K

sports biography weight lifting real life

Director

Özer Feyzioglu Photo
Özer Feyzioglu

Top cast

Ugur Günes Photo
Ugur Günes as Cemal
Ismail Hacioglu Photo
Ismail Hacioglu as Mehmet
Selen Öztürk Photo
Selen Öztürk as Hatice Süleymanoglu
Gürkan Uygun Photo
Gürkan Uygun as Enver Türkileri
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1.21 GB
1280*536
Turkish 2.0
NR
Subtitles tr  us  de  fr  hu  ro  
25 fps
2 hr 14 min
Seeds 2
2.25 GB
1920*804
Turkish 2.0
NR
Subtitles tr  us  de  fr  hu  ro  
25 fps
2 hr 14 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by abinizjoe 9 / 10

A nice biography documentary.

What did i mean? 1. The movie isn't dramatized too much. Generally movie shows what's happening without effects. 2. The movie is very royal to real events. 3. Unlike most of the movie, 'bad guys' are not dumb, and they are not doing childish mistakes. 4. Acting is phenomenal.Of course, the movie is not perfect: 1. Movie is way too nationalist. As the other reviewer said, this could be a successful global movie. But...This movie is only for us, Turks. However, the movie is not boring like Mountain 2- so i'm still recommending this. 2. The story goes too shallow, too superficial sometimes. More technical dialogues would be very good. 3. It's not exciting as you think. Unexpectedly, it's like a biography documentary.Notes: -"People's Republic of Bulgaria", that's how movie introduces Bulgaria. The directors sensitivity deserves an applause. -I oftenly used Google Translate for this review, sorry for the weird english :D.
Reviewed by stimpy_tr 9 / 10

Story of Our Childhood Hero!

This is the true story of every Turk's childhood hero who have lived through 1980s. Naim Süleymanoglu is the world weightlifting champion who won gold medals in every competition he participated and became the pride of Turks. He had a difficult life as he was born in Bulgaria as Turkish minority and lived under the dictatorship of Bulgarian communist party. Turkish government made several attempts to bring him to Turkey.As far as the movie is concerned, the events are a hundred percent historically accurate. The script is written with minute details. The performance of both young and adult Naim are praiseworthy. Most scenes are blended with great songs and they drew me back to past. This film is an outstanding achievement.
Reviewed by tarambukcho 8 / 10

Very balanced

I've stumbled upon this movie almost by accident, but it turned out to be a really good one.The life and atmosphere of Bulgaria in the late 70s and 80s is VERY well represented - it was exactly like that.And I do remember watching him on TV as a kid, cheering, as he was winning all these medals while he was still competing for BG.As a Bulgarian I can say the movie is very balanced and authentic, and it's like a small a bridge between the two neighboring nations.Naim was really a great man, and he had a great cause, and he helped not only his folks, but also the whole country of Bulgaria to get rid of the communist rule - as it crumbled soon after these events (in late 1989).Must watch movie.
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