Happy Birthday, Türke!
Happy Birthday!
A new woman client goes to see private investigator Kemal Kayankaya, who grew up in Germany and does not master the Turkish language, in his rundown detective agency in Frankfurt. The young Turkish woman Ilter appoints him to find her husband who has disappeared.
This case becomes problematic already by the fact that Germans rank Kayankaya as a foreigner and discriminate him as a Turk, while in Frankfurt’s Turkish milieu, Kayankaya is considered to be a German. Thus, his investigation does not get on well – until his case that seemed to be pretty banal at the beginning leads into an abyss of violence, drug dealing, prostitution, and corruption. But meanwhile, not even a beating can stop Kayankaya from getting to the bottom of things.
Credits
Director
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Kemal Kayankaya
- Hanna Hecht
- Ilter Hamul
- Frau Futt
- Paul Futt
- Polizist
- Susi
- Hosch
- Yilmaz
- Eiler
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
based on
Translation
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Clapper loader
Still photography
Lighting design
Camera (other)
Set design
Set construction
Prop master
Property master
Stand-by props
Construction manager
Make-up artist
Costume design
Costumes
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound editor
Sound
Sound assistant
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Consultant
Research
Special effects
Stunts
Casting
Music
Music performer
Cast
- Kemal Kayankaya
- Hanna Hecht
- Ilter Hamul
- Frau Futt
- Paul Futt
- Polizist
- Susi
- Hosch
- Yilmaz
- Eiler
- Mutter Ergün
- Frau Löff
- Herr Löff
- Hausmeister
- Madame Obelix
- Ayse
- Barmann Fritz
- Ilters Sohn
- Ilters 1. Tochter
- Ilters 2. Tochter
- Fixer
- Ahmed
- Angelika
- Staatsanwalt
- Polizist am Empfang
- Lagerverwalter
- 1. Müllmann
- 2. Müllmann
- 3. Müllmann
- Bauer Hornen
- Arzt
- Horst Schramm
- Vasif
- Sekretärin
- Sportlerin
- Hure
- Kellner
- Putzfrau
Production company
Producer
Producer (TV)
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production manager
Original distributor
Original video distributor
Shoot
- 11.03.1991 - 03.05.1991: Frankfurt am Main, München
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.12.1991, 66991, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): Oktober 1991, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 11.10.1993, ZDF
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Happy Birthday, Türke!
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 04.12.1991, 66991, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): Oktober 1991, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 11.10.1993, ZDF