Türkiye 1979Language:Turkish, GermanSubtitles:GermanDirector:Korhan YurtseverWriter:Bülent Oran, Levent Ersin, Zehra İpşiroğlu, Korhan YurtseverCinematographer:George Becker, Muzaffer Turan, Salih DikişçiEditor:Korhan YurtseverSound:Kutay DerinWith:Betül Aşçıoğlu, Savaş Yurttaş, Cüneyt Kaymak, Özlem Güler, Macit Flordun, Gülsen Tuncer, Ercan Demirel, Bülent Oran, Wolfgang Esch, Bahri AteşProducer:Korhan YurtseverProduction Company:Korhan FilmDistributor:Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.76 min, Colour, Digital Restoration by Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst in cooperation with bi’bak / Sinema Transtopia (2021–22)

Turkish metalworker Cafer brings his family to Germany, convinced that the dream of unlimited possibilities will come true. His new life, however, brings with it many difficulties and unexpected developments: his wife becomes involved in the women’s movement and changes rapidly, his older son becomes lonely and refuses to go to school, and his daughter has to stay at home to look after her newborn brother. Following its completion, the film was banned by the censorship committee in Turkey at the time: It offended “the honour of Germany, the allied nation”. Director Korhan Yurtsever was prosecuted as a result of the film and fled to Berlin, where he lived in exile for several years. (Can Sungu) 

Director's Biography:Korhan Yurtsever, born 1947 in Istanbul, won a number of awards for his debut film FİRATİN CINLERI (1978). Following a personal invitation from the then mayor of Berlin, Yurtsever shot KARA KAFA in Berlin, the Ruhr region and Turkey. Following the banning of the film, he lived in Germany for several years and later returned to Turkey, where he continues to work as a director. 

Director's Filmography:
Filmography:

2015 KOYVERDIN GITTIN BENI
1988 ZINCIR
1978 FİRATİN CINLERI


Film image: © Korhan Yurtsever