Comedy ·Drama ·History · Turkey · 2006 · 2h 15m

Killing the Shadows

Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü?

Director

Cast

Haluk Bilginer as Karagöz Beyaz as Hacivat Şebnem Dönmez as Ayşe Hatun Güven Kıraç as Pervane Ragıp Savaş as Orhan Gazi Ayşe Tolga as Nilüfer Hatun

Crew

Hayk Kirakosyan — Director of Photography Mustafa Presheva — Editor Ezel Akay — Writer Levent Kazak — Writer Serkan Çakarer — Producer Bahadir Atay — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Ezel Akay Director Hayk Kirakosyan Director of Photography Mustafa Presheva Editor Ezel Akay Writer Levent Kazak Writer Serkan Çakarer Producer Bahadir Atay Producer

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