My Grandfather's People
Nov 25 2011
•2h 3m
•Comedy, Family, Drama, History
A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.
Cast
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Çetin Tekindor
Mehmet Yavaş
Yiğit Özşener
İbrahim
Gökçe Bahadır
Nurdan
Sacide Taşaner
Nadire
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