Killing the Shadows (2006)

7.1/10 • 135 min • Comedy Drama History

Overview

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

Haluk Bilginer

Karagöz

Beyaz

Hacivat

Şebnem Dönmez

Ayşe Hatun

Güven Kıraç

Pervane

Ragıp Savaş

Orhan Gazi

Ayşe Tolga

Nilüfer Hatun

Altay Özbek

Çoban

Hasan Ali Mete

Küşteri

Serdar Gökhan

Köse Mihal

Levent Kazak

Dimitri

Nihal Yalçın

Zeyno Bacı

Muhittin Korkmaz

Eredna

Güçlü Yalçıner

Demirci

Mete Horozoğlu

Memur Çığırtkan

Numan Acar

Tıraşçı Ali

Ezel Akay

Eşrefoğlu Süleyman Bey

Ayşen Gruda

Kam Ana

Tansu Biçer

Misak

Öner Erkan

Tıraşçı Tulgar

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