“A dark past returned to haunt a family already on the brink of ruin.”
Cumali (Ferdi Tayfur), an honest young man from Adana, travels to Istanbul to build a future and falls deeply in love with Neslihan (Serpil Çakmaklı), a night club singer. Eager to begin a life together, Cumali brings her home to Adana to introduce her to his traditional family. Unbeknownst to Cumali, Neslihan shares a dark history with his reckless brother, Tahsin (Yalçın Gülhan), and is using Cumali as a pawn to exact revenge on him. As the family is already crumbling under the weight of Tahsin's crushing gambling debts, Neslihan's sudden presence ignites a devastating firestorm of past secrets, betrayal, and heartbreak that threatens to tear the family apart.
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Cast
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Ferdi Tayfur
Cumali Çakıroğlu
Also in
The Fountain
Setting Sun
Serpil Çakmaklı
Neslihan
Also in
Windfall
Number 14
Erdoğan Tünaş
Also in
Ayşecik Yavru Melek
Hepimiz Kardeşiz
Selim Soydan
Melih Gülgen
Also in
The Red Mask
İnsanları Seveceksin
Yalçın Gülhan
Tahsin Çakıroğlu
Also in
Doktor
Yalan
Hüseyin Peyda
Reşit Çakıroğlu
Known for
The Man Who Saved the World
Neriman Köksal
Cumali'nin Annesi
Known for
Sugar Pie Lady
Meral Boduroglu
Seher
Meral Boduroğlu
Seher
Also in
Güldür Yüzümü
Acı Sevda
Yavuz Karakaş
Cabbar
Known for
İnek Şaban
Nightingale
Yavuz Karakas
Cabbar
Melih Gülgen Director · Erdoğan Tünaş Writer Ali Yaver Cinematographer
First release April 1, 1983 · Produced in Türkiye · Original title Yaktı Beni
Production
Gülşah Film
Production
Türkiye
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Original title
Yaktı Beni
Original language
Turkish
Spoken on screen
Turkish
Release dates
Türkiye · April 1, 1983
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No release date listed for United States.
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