Çiçero (2019)

Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during WW2. After Bazna starts to work as a German spy he is going to experience a series of unexpected events.

Director:

Serdar Akar

Writers:

Meric Aydin (staff writer), Gurkan Tanyas

Stars:

Erdal Besikçioglu, Burcu Biricik, Ertan Saban

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Erdal Besikçioglu	...	Ilyas Bazna
Burcu Biricik	...	Cornelia Kapp
Ertan Saban	...	Wellington
Murat Garibagaoglu	...	Moyzisch
Tamer Levent	...	Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
Mehmet Ulay	...	Franz von papen
Çigdem Selisik Onat	...	Wife Frans von Papen
Levent Ülgen	...	Numan Menemencioglu
Mehmet Esen	...	Yugoslavian Butler
Selen Öztürk	...	Nevin
Mehmet Ezel Özgün	...	Agust
Gerry George	...	Winston Churchill
Peter Cunningham	...	Adolf Hitler
Açelya Özcan	...	Suzie
Sinem Süle	...	Helga

Storyline

Cicero, pseudonym of Ilyas Bazna, born 1904, Pristina, one of the most famous spies of World War II, who worked for Nazi Germany in 1943-44 while he was employed as valet to Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen, British ambassador to neutral Turkey from 1939. He photographed secret documents from the embassy safe and turned the films over to the former German chancellor Franz von Papen, at that time German ambassador in Ankara. For this service the Hitler government paid Cicero large sums in British money, most of it counterfeited in Germany. Despite the evident authenticity of the films, the Nazi officials in Berlin mistrusted Cicero and are said to have disregarded his information. Who was Cicero? Was he a German spy or a spy working for the Turkish Intelligence (MIT)? Was he after money or was he just a man seeking vengeance for the death of his parents?

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Plot Keywords:

world war two | spy | nazi | germany | turkey | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | History

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

18 January 2019 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Çiçero: Ilyas Bazna

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

TRL 2,315,407 (Turkey), 20 January 2019

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dijital Sanatlar Production, Digital Yapim Evi

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

User Reviews

Erdal Besikcioglu played well, but the fiction is a bit overstated.

After the film, "what did I watch?" I asked myself. The film seems to have exaggerated. Erdal Besikcioglu played well, but the fiction is a bit overstated.