The Yellow Mercedes backdrop
The Yellow Mercedes poster
Trailer
The Yellow Mercedes
7.6
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1h 30m
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1993
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Released
Overview
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.

Cast
İlyas Salman poster
İlyas Salman
Bayram
Valérie Lemoine poster
Valérie Lemoine
Kezban
Micky Sébastian poster
Micky Sébastian
Vapurdaki Sarışın
Alexander Gittinger poster
Alexander Gittinger
Minibüs Sürücüsü
Savaş Yurttaş poster
Savaş Yurttaş
Veli
Saadet Gürses poster
Saadet Gürses
Solmaz
Menderes Samancılar poster
Menderes Samancılar
İbrahim
Serra Yılmaz poster
Serra Yılmaz
Pasaport Memuru
Filiz Küçüktepe poster
Filiz Küçüktepe
Veli'nin Karısı
Tuncay Akça poster
Tuncay Akça
Kahya
Mustafa Suphi Baltacı poster
Mustafa Suphi Baltacı
Oto Ustası
Hikmet Karagöz poster
Hikmet Karagöz
Garson
Ömer Başaran poster
Ömer Başaran
Genç Bayram
Abdullah Özalp poster
Abdullah Özalp
Çocuk Bayram
Duygu Sönmez poster
Duygu Sönmez
Genç Kezban
Uyum Varol poster
Uyum Varol
Çocuk Kezban
Ayşe Yılmaz poster
Ayşe Yılmaz
Veli'nin Kizi
Serkan Uzun poster
Serkan Uzun
Veli'nin Oglu
Abdülhamit Danışır poster
Abdülhamit Danışır
Rüstem Amca
Hüseyin Kanlı poster
Hüseyin Kanlı
Berber

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