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Happy Birthday!

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Raised by Germans after his Turkish parents died, private detective Kemal Kayankaya (Hansa Czypionka) does not speak his birth parents' language. His ethnicity and inability to speak Turkish make him equally mistrusted by both Germans and Turks. When he is hired by Ilter Hamul (Ozay) to search for her missing husband, Kemal finds him -- only to witness his murder. Determined to get to the bottom of the case, Kemal is sucked into an underworld of corruption, prostitution and drugs.
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Doris Dörrie

Director

Hansa Czypionka

Kemal Kayankaya

Ozay Fecht

Ilter Hamul

Doris Kunstmann

Frau Futt

Lambert Hamel

Paul Futt

Omer Simsek

Yilmaz

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Synopsis Raised by Germans after his Turkish parents died, private detective Kemal Kayankaya (Hansa Czypionka) does not speak his birth parents' language. His ethnicity and inability to speak Turkish make him equally mistrusted by both Germans and Turks. When he is hired by Ilter Hamul (Ozay) to search for her missing husband, Kemal finds him -- only to witness his murder. Determined to get to the bottom of the case, Kemal is sucked into an underworld of corruption, prostitution and drugs.
Director
Doris Dörrie
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 50m