Kurt Seyit ve Sura

About the series

Kurt Seyit ve Şura is a Turkish period drama based on Nermin Bezmen’s novel of the same name, a true story about her grandfather. Directed by Hilal Saral and Nermin Bezmen, it aired on Star TV from 4 March to 20 November 2014 over two seasons, starring Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Kurt Seyit and Farah Zeynep Abdullah as Şura.

Plot

Kurt Seyit Eminof, nicknamed “the Wolf”, is a handsome young Crimean Tatar lieutenant in the elite Imperial Guard of the Russian Tsar, the eldest of three sons of a noble family. He falls in love with Şura, Alexandra Verjenskaya, a beautiful young Russian aristocrat.

When the Russian Revolution turns their world upside down, the two lovers are forced to leave their lives and families behind and flee to Istanbul. The series follows their love story from the glamour of St. Petersburg to the hardships of exile.

Main cast

• Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Kurt Seyit Eminof
• Farah Zeynep Abdullah as Şura
• Elçin Sangu as Güzide
• Demet Özdemir as Alya
• Birkan Sokullu

Production

The lavish production was filmed in Russia, Ukraine and Turkey, with costumes and sets recreating the Russian Empire before the revolution. The series later found new audiences abroad, including a rerun on South Africa’s eExtra in 2022.

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