Somersault in a Coffin

Apr 1, 1996

1h 16m

★ 7.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)

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Cast

Mahsun

Ahmet Uğurlu

Reis

Tuncel Kurtiz

Eroin Bağımlısı Kadın

Ayşen Aydemir

Derviş Zaim

Mahmut Benek

Barış Celiloğlu

Zeki

Ahmet Çadırcı

Fuat Onan

Şerif Erol

Hasan Uzma

Nadi Güler

Figen Evren

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