Happy Birthday, Türke! (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.
- Released
- 1992-01-09
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Doris Dörrie
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Hansa Czypionka as Kemal Kayankaya
- 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
- 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
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