Happy Birthday, Türke!

Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of his client's family, as well as their various dealings with the underworld and the police. Moreover, being a Turk raised in a German foster family, he has also begun to understand and accept his own ethnicity.

Cast

Hansa Czypionka

as Kemal Kayankaya

Özay Fecht

as Ilter Hamul

Lambert Hamel

as Paul Futt

Meret Becker

as Hanna Hecht

Doris Kunstmann

as Frau Futt

Helen Vita

as Frau Löff

Joachim Król

as Polizist

Nina Petri

as Susi

Jochen Nickel

as Fixer

Oliver Nägele

as Hausmeister

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