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Somersault in a Coffin
Somersault in a Coffin

Somersault in a Coffin

Genres

Drama

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Mahsun Supertitiz is an unemployed homeless man who steals cars at night so that he can sleep in a heated place during the winter. Mahsun lives in Rumelihisar, an old section of Istanbul, and makes ends meet by getting the local fishermen to help him. Mahsun loves the cars he robs, cleans and polishes them, and drives them through the streets of Rumelihisar during the daytime.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Turkish

Runtime

76 mins

Rating

7.4/10

Release Date

01 April 1996

Country

Turkey

Cast

Ahmet Uğurlu

Ahmet Uğurlu

Mahsun

Tuncel Kurtiz

Tuncel Kurtiz

Reis

Ayşen Aydemir

Ayşen Aydemir

Eroin Bağımlısı Kadın

Derviş Zaim

Derviş Zaim

Mahmut Benek

Mahmut Benek

Barış Celiloğlu

Barış Celiloğlu

Ahmet Çadırcı

Ahmet Çadırcı

Zeki

Fuat Onan

Fuat Onan

Şerif Erol

Şerif Erol

Hasan Uzma

Hasan Uzma

Nadi Güler

Nadi Güler

Figen Evren

Figen Evren

Raşit Çivi

Raşit Çivi

Ömer Metin Kocaman

Ömer Metin Kocaman

Hakan Karadağlı

Hakan Karadağlı

Fahrettin Özkan

Fahrettin Özkan

Yüksel Çavuşoğlu

Yüksel Çavuşoğlu

Bülent Güneri

Bülent Güneri

Uğur Algan

Uğur Algan

Osman Canik

Osman Canik

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