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Killing the Shadows
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Title: Killing the Shadows

Release Date: 17 Feb 2006

Runtime: 2h 15m

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History

Director: Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)

Production Companies: Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)

Overview: Killing The Shadows is a bawdy comic fable set in the Ottoman Empire during the mid-14th century based on two legendary figures in Turkish folkore, the jester Hacivat (Beyazit Ozturk) and the nomad Karagoz (Haluk Bilginer), men who apparently lived and died by their sense of humour.

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Average Vote: 7.066 (76 votes)

Cast

  • Karagöz: Haluk Bilginer
  • Hacivat: Beyazıt Öztürk
  • Ayşe Hatun: Şebnem Dönmez
  • Pervane: Güven Kıraç
  • Orhan Gazi: Ragıp Savaş
  • Nilüfer Hatun: Ayşe Tolga
  • Çoban: Altay Özbek
  • Küşteri: Hasan Ali Mete
  • Köse Mihal: Serdar Gökhan
  • Dimitri: Levent Kazak
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