Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu

Genres

Drama

OverView

From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$4920899

Status

Released

Original Language

Turkish

Runtime

134 mins

Rating

7.6/10

Release Date

22 November 2019

Country

Turkey

Cast

Hayat Van Eck

Naim Süleymanoğlu

Selen Öztürk

Hatice Süleymanoğlu

Yetkin Dikinciler

Süleyman Süleymanoğlu

Gürkan Uygun

Enver Türkileri

Renan Bilek

Remzi

Levent Ülgen

Bülent Alkış

Atalay Göktuna

Kemal Başar

Barış Kıralioğlu

Turgut Özal

Murat Kılıç

Selim Egeli

Mustafa Kirantepe

Bahtiyar Engin

Mert Denizmen

Basri

Beyti Engin

Uğur Güneş

Cemal Tunalı

İsmail Hacıoğlu

Mehmet Tunç

Evren Erler

Av. Nevzat Küçük

Elçin Atamgüç

Fatma Ana

Ferhat Domurcuk

TRT Announcer

Virgile Mangiavillano

Officer

Cengiz Tangör

Avustralya Konsolosu

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