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Quick Info

Rating

7.0/10

Release2006

Runtime2h 15m

StatusReleased

Budget$3,500,000

Revenue$3,004,541

Production

Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)

Movie

Killing the Shadows

2006

2h 15m

7.0

Comedy

Drama

History

Synopsis

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.

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