Vedat Örfi Bengü
Vedat Örfi Bengü, also spelt as Wedad Orfi, and Wadad Orfi, (October 14, 1900 – May 25, 1953) was a Turkish-Egyptian silent film producer and actor.
Vedat Örfi Bengü
- Birth Name
- Wadad Orfi
- Born
- October 14, 1900
- Birthplace
- Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 25 May 1953
- Place of death
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Occupation
- Film producer, actor
- Nationality
- Turkey · Ottoman Empire
- Languages
- Turkish
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Vedat Örfi Bengü, also spelt as Wedad Orfi, and Wadad Orfi, (October 14, 1900 – May 25, 1953) was a Turkish-Egyptian silent film producer and actor.
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• Birth Name — Wadad Orfi • Born — October 14, 1900 • Birthplace — Istanbul, Ottoman Empire • Died — 25 May 1953 • Place of death — Istanbul, Turkey • Other Names — Wedad Orfi, Wadad Orfi, • Occupation — Film producer, actor • Years Active — 1917-1953 Vedat Örfi Bengü, also spelt as Wedad Orfi, and Wadad Orfi, (October 14, 1900 – May 25, 1953) was a Turkish-Egyptian silent film producer and actor.
Controversy depicting Muhammad
Controversy depicting Muhammad
In 1926, Örfi approached Youssef Wahbi to play the role of Muhammad in a film, which would be financed by the Turkish government and a German producer. Whilst the President of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and the Istanbul Council of Ulamas gave their approval to the film, the Islamic Al-Azhar University in Cairo published a juridical decision stipulating that Islam forbids the representation of Muhammad and his companions. Thereafter, King Fouad warned Whabi that he would be exiled and stripped of his Egyptian citizenship if he took part in the film. Consequently, the film was later abandoned.
In Egypt
In Egypt
• 1927: Laila • 1928: The Victim / al-Dahiyyah • 1929: The Beauty from the Desert / Ghaddat al-sahra • 1929: The Drama of Life / Ma Sat al-Hayat
Personal life
Personal life
In the 1930s Örfi moved to Turkey.
Leila/Layla – the first Egyptian feature film
By 1927 Örfi produced and starred in the film "Neda Allah" ("The Call of Allah") which was a collaborative project with Aziza Amir. The film was later remade and released as "Laila" ("Leila") with some of Orfi’s original shots left in the film. The latter production is often considered to be the first Egyptian feature film.
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- 1.Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. 105. 2008. 978-0253351166.
- 2.Shohat, Ella. Cinema and Politics: Turkish Cinema and The New Europe. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 17. 2009. 978-1443804158.
- 3.Mejri, Ouissal. Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema. Routledge. 29–30. 2017. 978-1351577397.
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