Killing the Shadows

Name: Killing the Shadows
Released: 2006

Ezel Akay

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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.

Year2006

CountryTurkey

DirectorEzel Akay

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