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

Ilter Hamul

Lambert Hamel

Paul Futt

Meret Becker

Hanna Hecht

Doris Kunstmann

Frau Futt

Helen Vita

Frau Löff

Joachim Król

Polizist

Nina Petri

Susi

Jochen Nickel

Fixer

Oliver Nägele

Hausmeister

Christian Pätzold

Bauer Hornen

Horst Kotterba

Barmann Fritz

Ömer Simsek

Yilmaz

Şiir Eloğlu

Ayse

Michael Hanemann

Schneider

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