Love, Deutschmarks and Death
Germany, 2022, 96 minutes, Color, Turkish, German; Turkish captioned
2022 Berlin FF; Panorama Audience Award Dokufest; Audience Award Dakka FF; Main Award
Director: Cem Kaya
Screenplay: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay, Cem Kaya
Cinematography: Cem Kaya, Mahmoud Belakhel, Julius Dommer, Christian Kochmann
Editing: Cem Kaya
Music: Cenk Erdoğan, Johannes Repka
Production: filmfaust, Film Five
The unprecedented story of the independent music culture brought alive by those who immigrated from Turkey to Germany with the law enacted in 1961, and their children and grandchildren. A musical celebrity parade with names such as Köln Bülbül, Yüksel Özkasap, Derdiyoklar, Muhabbet, Killa Hakan, Kabus Kerim and Derya Yıldırım.