Killing the Shadows
Feb 17 2006
•2h 15m
•Comedy, Drama, History
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.
Cast
See allHaluk Bilginer
Karagöz
Beyazıt Öztürk
Hacivat
Şebnem Dönmez
Ayşe Hatun
Güven Kıraç
Pervane
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