Opening the Door (2019)
Yakup and Şemsa are Assyrians living in Berlin with their three children and grandchildren. Twenty-five years ago they migrated from Mardin to Berlin. One day they receive a phone call from Mardin. This unexpected call deals with their son Mikhael, whom they lost twenty-five years ago. All the suffering of the family is refreshed. Yakup and Şemsa go to Mardin with their grandchildren, Nardin, who do not want to leave them alone. This trip will be the beginning of all their personal journeys. When the craftsman Yakup, who had not come for years, abandoned his village and saw his house looted; He will go after his house door. On his journey of finding the door, he will be accompanied by her granddaughter Nardin and the smuggler Remzi.
Director: Nihat Durak
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Kadir İnanır as Yakup |
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Vahide Perçin as Şemsa |
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Timur Acar as Remzi |
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Aybüke Pusat as Nardin |
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Erdal Beşikçioğlu as Efruz |
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Sermet Yeşil as Saim |
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Nilay Erdönmez as Asya |
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Özgün Çoban as Samuel |
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Reyhan Özdilek as |
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Engin Yüksel as Ahmet |
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Sinan Helvaci as Musa |
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Menderes Samancılar as |
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Şerif Erol as |
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Serhat Midyat as |
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Cengiz Altindag as Müze Sorumlusu (Museum Curator) |
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Mehmet Avcı as Tahir Komiser (Police Surgeant) |
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Can Avsar as Resepsiyonist (Receptionist) |
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Fatih Bardakci as Kenan |
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Issabella Darville as Milek (voice) |
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Defne Nar Durak as Beth |
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Zeynep Gencaga as Sinem |
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Erkan Kabakçıoğlu as Osman |
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Yusuf Islam Kaplan as Gabriel |
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Elif Kartoglu as Beth Kardes (Beth's Sister) |
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Yasar Kartoglu as Ishak |
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Onay Kaya as Mikail |
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Selma Köse as Aysegül |
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Kadir Parlak as Faruk |
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Yasemin Szawlowski as Ingrid |
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Güven Zararsiz as Sanat Kreatörü |
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Enver Öksüz as Müze Güvenlik (Museum Security) |
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Selma Üstünel as Sahra |
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Mehmet Kaçıra as Yusuf |
| Production | Filiz Üstün Durak | Producer |
| Production | Önder Köse | Producer |
| Production | Ihsan Semih Yildizerler | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Güldiyar Tanrıdağlı | Music |
| Editing | Akin Denizli | Editor |
| Production | Tolga Aydin | Production Manager |
| Production | Mustafa Sentürk | Production Manager |
| Directing | Oguzhan Baran | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kerem Aktas | Sound |
| Sound | Erkan Oker | Sound |
| Sound | Sinem Orhan | Sound |
| Sound | Sakir Öztürk | Sound Effects |
| Visual Effects | Yusuf Bilisik | Visual Effects Assistant Editor |
| Visual Effects | M. Emin Urundas | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Selim Alan | Key Grip |
| Camera | Emre Bolat | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Tevfik Kesgin | Gaffer |
| Camera | Efe Can Yildiz | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Deniz Yildiz | Focus Puller |
| Crew | Onur Aker | Editorial Staff |
| Crew | Gamze Atilgan | Editorial Staff |
| Crew | Caglar Ozlek | Editorial Staff |
| Writing | Filiz Üstün Durak | Writer |
| Camera | Eyüp Boz | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Nihat Durak | Director |