Killing the Shadows

Original title: Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü?

2006 ★ 7.1 135 min IMDb Turkish Ezel Akay

Overview

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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