The Yellow Mercedes (1993)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 1, 1993Release Date
The Yellow Mercedes (1993)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 1, 1993Release Date
Plot.
The film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation gurbetci/guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkey's west border - and extensively from thereon to his village close to Ankara - capital of Turkey. He begins his journey purchasing a second hand yellow Mercedes - possibly his first car - using his meager savings working as a laborer. Offering deep insight into the mind of a manual laborer Bayram (Ilyas Salman) making his first trip back home, resorting to flashbacks in highlighting Bayram's motivation and experiences from his childhood right up to the events leading to his first departure from Turkey to Germany.
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Cast & Crew.

İlyas Salman
Bayram

Valérie Lemoine
Kezban

Micky Sébastian
Vapurdaki Sarışın

Alexander Gittinger
Minibüs Sürücüsü

Savaş Yurttaş
Veli

Saadet Gürses
Solmaz

Menderes Samancılar
İbrahim

Serra Yılmaz
Pasaport Memuru

Filiz Küçüktepe
Veli'nin Karısı

Tuncay Akça
Kahya

Mustafa Suphi Baltacı
Oto Ustası

Hikmet Karagöz
Garson

Ömer Başaran
Genç Bayram

Abdullah Özalp
Çocuk Bayram

Cengiz Ergun
Producer

Duygu Sönmez
Genç Kezban

Uyum Varol
Çocuk Kezban

Ayşe Yılmaz
Veli'nin Kizi

Farid Tourab
Producer

Serkan Uzun
Veli'nin Oglu

Vladimir Cosma
Composer

Torsten Breuer
Cinematographer

Abdülhamit Danışır
Rüstem Amca

Hüseyin Kanlı
Berber

Colin Mounier
Cinematographer

Muzaffer Şahin
Laborant

Orhan Oğuz
Cinematographer

André Gaultier
Editor

Fuat Özel
Komiser

Dietmar Waldenhofer
Alman Satıcı

Hucky Hornberger
ProductionDesigner

Ferdi Akarnur
İstasyondaki Adam
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 1, 1993
Original NameSarı Mercedes
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
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