Happy Birthday, Türke!

1h 49m
5

Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of his client's family, as well as their various dealings with the underworld and the police. Moreover, being a Turk raised in a German foster family, he has also begun to understand and accept his own ethnicity.

Cast

Özay Fecht
Ilter Hamul
Lambert Hamel
Paul Futt
Meret Becker
Hanna Hecht
Doris Kunstmann
Frau Futt
Helen Vita
Frau Löff
Hansa Czypionka
Kemal Kayankaya
Joachim Król
Polizist
Nina Petri
Susi
Jochen Nickel
Fixer
Oliver Nägele
Hausmeister
Christian Pätzold
Bauer Hornen
Horst Kotterba
Barmann Fritz
Manuela Riva
Madame Obelix
Matthias Scheuring
Horst Schramm
Ömer Simsek
Yilmaz
Şiir Eloğlu
Ayse
Michael Hanemann
Schneider
Sevgi Özdamar
Mutter Ergün

Crew

Doris Dörrie
Director, Writer
Thomas Schlesinger
Script
Jakob Arjouni
Novel

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