The Yellow Mercedes ( 1993 )

Overview

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.

Top Cast

İlyas Salman

Bayram

Valérie Lemoine

Kezban

Micky Sébastian

Vapurdaki Sarışın

Alexander Gittinger

Minibüs Sürücüsü

Savaş Yurttaş

Veli

Saadet Gürses

Solmaz

Menderes Samancılar

İbrahim

Serra Yılmaz

Pasaport Memuru

Filiz Küçüktepe

Veli'nin Karısı

Tuncay Akça

Kahya

Mustafa Suphi Baltacı

Oto Ustası

Hikmet Karagöz

Garson

Ömer Başaran

Genç Bayram

Abdullah Özalp

Çocuk Bayram

Duygu Sönmez

Genç Kezban

Uyum Varol

Çocuk Kezban

Ayşe Yılmaz

Veli'nin Kizi

Serkan Uzun

Veli'nin Oglu

Abdülhamit Danışır

Rüstem Amca

Hüseyin Kanlı

Berber

Muzaffer Şahin

Laborant

Fuat Özel

Komiser

Dietmar Waldenhofer

Alman Satıcı

Ferdi Akarnur

İstasyondaki Adam

Cevat Demirbaş

Otobüs Şoförü