Leyla and Mecnun
5.4
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.
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Cast
26 people
Orhan Gencebay
Mecnun
Also in
Feryada Gücüm Yok
Kahır
Gülşen Bubikoğlu
Leyla
Known for
Oh Where
Erdoğan Tünaş
Also in
Ayşecik Yavru Melek
Hepimiz Kardeşiz
Türker İnanoğlu
Also in
Yönetmen Natuk Baytan Belgeseli
Halit Refiğ
Also in
Ölüm Peşimizde
Yılmaz Köksal
Known for
Yahşi Batı
Perfidious Byzantine
Fuat Özlüer
Emel Tümer
Also in
Last Step to Death
The Desert
Raik Alniaçik
Emir Halit
Hüseyin Peyda
Known for
The Man Who Saved the World
Hayati Hamzaoğlu
Known for
Oh Where
Aslan Altin
Vezir Ahmet
Halit Refiğ Director · Fuat Özlüer Screenplay
First release January 1, 1983 · Produced in Türkiye · Original title Leyla ile Mecnun
Production
Erler Film
Production
Türkiye
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Original title
Leyla ile Mecnun
Original language
Turkish
Spoken on screen
Turkish
Release dates
Türkiye · January 1, 1983
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No release date listed for United States.
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