Happy Birthday, Türke! (1992)

5.3/10 • 109 min • Crime Comedy

Overview

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

Hansa Czypionka

Kemal Kayankaya

Özay Fecht

Lambert Hamel

Meret Becker

Doris Kunstmann

Helen Vita

Joachim Król

Nina Petri

Jochen Nickel

Oliver Nägele

Christian Pätzold

Horst Kotterba

Ömer Simsek

Şiir Eloğlu

Michael Hanemann

Ben Engel

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