Leyla and Mecnun (1983)
A fortune-teller reveals the Sultan that his daughter will get married to somebody poor, born on the same day with her. So, the Sultan gets all the baby boys born on the same day are killed and only Kadir is saved. Kadir and Leyla grow up together. Leyla wants to marry him but the Sultan refuses this idea. He orders Kadir to be killed, yet Kadir survives fatally wounded. Leyla finds Kadir's place where he is kept as a prisoner. As they escape they get caught. Leyla dies and Kadir who has lost her loved one goes to the desert with the image of Leyla alive in his heart.
Director:
Halit Refiğ
Writer:
Fuat Özlüer
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Orhan Gencebay as Mecnun |
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Gülşen Bubikoğlu as Leyla |
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Yılmaz Köksal as |
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Emel Tümer as |
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Hüseyin Peyda as |
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Hayati Hamzaoğlu as |
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Turgut Özatay as |
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Raik Alnıaçık as |
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Aslan Altın as |
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Abdurrahman Palay as |
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Gözdem Görenler as |
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Merih Ermakastar as |
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Giray Alpan as |
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Oktar Durukan as |
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İhsan Gedik as |
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Kudret Karadağ as |
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Reha Kıral as |
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Yılmaz Kurt as |
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Alev Sayın as |
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Necip Tekçe as |
| Directing | Halit Refiğ | Director |
| Writing | Fuat Özlüer | Screenplay |