Happy Birthday, Türke!

Happy Birthday, Türke!

109 mins | Jan. 9, 1992

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.

Happy Birthday, Türke!

109 mins | Jan. 9, 1992

Happy Birthday, Türke!
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers
Original title Happy Birthday, Türke!
Directors Doris Dörrie
Writers Jakob Arjouni, Doris Dörrie

Cast

Özay Fecht

as Ilter Hamul

Lambert Hamel

as Paul Futt

Meret Becker

as Hanna Hecht

Doris Kunstmann

as Frau Futt

Helen Vita

as Frau Löff

Hansa Czypionka

as Kemal Kayankaya

Joachim Król

as Polizist

Nina Petri

as Susi

Jochen Nickel

as Fixer

Oliver Nägele

as Hausmeister

Christian Pätzold

as Bauer Hornen

Horst Kotterba

as Barmann Fritz

Manuela Riva

as Madame Obelix

Matthias Scheuring

as Horst Schramm

Ömer Simsek

as Yilmaz

Şiir Eloğlu

as Ayse

Michael Hanemann

as Schneider

Sevgi Özdamar

as Mutter Ergün