2 Movies Starring Mehmet Kurtulus

Short Sharp Shock

Short Sharp Shock

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-15

Languages:

German, Greek, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3219 Reviews)

Director:

Fatih Akin

Fullplot:

Hamburg, Germany. The small crime scene. Three friends: Gabriel from Turkey and just out of prison, Costa from Greece and together with Gabriel's sister, Bobby from Serbia and together with her best friend. Bobby wants to get more into organized crime and decides to apply for a membership in an Albanian gang. As a test, he has to beat up someone who owes his future boss. He can join. Later, when Bobby has to do a weapon's deal on his own, he tries to get his friends in, too. But Gabriel does not want to go back into crime, he is dreaming of a life at the southern Turkish coast, owning a boat rental shop. Costa, always out of money, joins Bobby for one last time before getting good. But before the deal is on, both women start leaving their men for others. And when the deal is on, it goes terribly wrong.

In July

In July

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-08-24

Languages:

German, English, Turkish, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Romanian

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (15524 Reviews)

Director:

Fatih Akin

Fullplot:

Daniel is a young teacher in-spe, who in contrast to everyone else plans to stay in Hamburg for the summer. Juli, a girl at the flea-market, wants to get known to Daniel and manages to sell him a Mayan ring with a sun on it, foretelling him that he will meet a girl with a sun. One day later Daniel is already on his way across Europe. It seems the prophecy came true somehow.

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