The story of three generations of a Turkish immigrant family.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Vedat Erincin | ... | Hüseyin | |
Fahri Yardim | ... | Hüseyin (young) (as Fahri Ögün Yardim) | |
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Lilay Huser | ... | Fatma |
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Demet Gül | ... | Fatma (young) |
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Aykut Kayacik | ... | Veli |
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Aycan Vardar | ... | Veli (young) |
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Ercan Karacayli | ... | Muhamed |
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Kaan Aydogdu | ... | Muhamed (young) |
Siir Eloglu | ... | Leyla | |
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Aliya Artuc | ... | Leyla (young) |
Petra Schmidt-Schaller | ... | Gabi | |
Denis Moschitto | ... | Ali | |
Aylin Tezel | ... | Canan | |
Trystan Pütter | ... | David | |
Rafael Koussouris | ... | Cenk Yilmaz |
The story of three generations of a Turkish immigrant family.
"We called for manpower, and what arrived was human beings" (Max Frisch, German author). The film does a great job to transport this message, just by telling the heart-warming and utterly funny story of a Turkish family that came to Germany. At times the German language is represented by fake-German gibberish (like in Charlie Chaplin's "the great dictator"), which i found hilarious at times and it helped a lot to get an idea of what it feels like being thrown into a foreign culture without understanding a single word. I was beautifully entertained by this movie, i laughed a lot and also cried a bit. I (german) thought i had no prejudices against Turkish people, but i feel like i lost some today. German teacher's should show this movie in class, and their pupils would love it.