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Killing the Shadows
Genre: History · Drama ·
Release Date: February 17, 2006
Original name: Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü?
Status: Released
Running time: 2h 15m
Budget: $3,500,000
Revenue: $3,004,541
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Plot
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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