The Yellow Mercedes
1993The 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.
Acted in
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
