The Yellow Mercedes

The Yellow Mercedes (1993)

ComedyActionDrama

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.

Director: Tunç Okan
Writer: Tunç Okan

Casts

	İlyas Salman as Bayram
	Valérie Lemoine as Kezban
	Micky Sébastian as Vapurdaki Sarışın
	Alexander Gittinger as Minibüs Sürücüsü
	Savaş Yurttaş as Veli
	Saadet Gürses as Solmaz
	Menderes Samancılar as İbrahim
	Serra Yılmaz as Pasaport Memuru
	Filiz Küçüktepe as Veli'nin Karısı
	Tuncay Akça as Kahya
	Mustafa Suphi Baltacı as Oto Ustası
	Hikmet Karagöz as Garson
	Ömer Başaran as Genç Bayram
	Abdullah Özalp as Çocuk Bayram
	Duygu Sönmez as Genç Kezban
	Uyum Varol as Çocuk Kezban
	Ayşe Yılmaz as Veli'nin Kizi
	Serkan Uzun as Veli'nin Oglu
	Abdülhamit Danışır as Rüstem Amca
	Hüseyin Kanlı as Berber
	Muzaffer Şahin as Laborant
	Fuat Özel as Komiser
	Dietmar Waldenhofer as Alman Satıcı
	Ferdi Akarnur as İstasyondaki Adam
	Cevat Demirbaş as Otobüs Şoförü

Crew