Leyla and Mecnun (1983)
Overview
A fortune-teller reveals the Sultan that his daughter will get married to somebody poor, born on the same day with her. So, the Sultan gets all the baby boys born on the same day are killed and only Kadir is saved. Kadir and Leyla grow up together. Leyla wants to marry him but the Sultan refuses this idea. He orders Kadir to be killed, yet Kadir survives fatally wounded. Leyla finds Kadir's place where he is kept as a prisoner. As they escape they get caught. Leyla dies and Kadir who has lost her loved one goes to the desert with the image of Leyla alive in his heart.
Cast
Orhan Gencebay
Mecnun
Gülşen Bubikoğlu
Leyla
Yılmaz Köksal
Emel Tümer
Hüseyin Peyda
Hayati Hamzaoğlu
Turgut Özatay
Raik Alnıaçık
Aslan Altın
Abdurrahman Palay
Merih Ermakastar
Giray Alpan
Oktar Durukan
İhsan Gedik
Kudret Karadağ
Reha Kıral
Yılmaz Kurt
Alev Sayın
Necip Tekçe
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