Leyla and Mecnun

Overview

A fortune-teller reveals the Sultan that his daughter will get married to somebody poor, born on the same day with her. So, the Sultan gets all the baby boys born on the same day are killed and only Kadir is saved. Kadir and Leyla grow up together. Leyla wants to marry him but the Sultan refuses this idea. He orders Kadir to be killed, yet Kadir survives fatally wounded. Leyla finds Kadir's place where he is kept as a prisoner. As they escape they get caught. Leyla dies and Kadir who has lost her loved one goes to the desert with the image of Leyla alive in his heart.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1983

Original language

Turkish

Spoken languages

Turkish

Countries

Turkey

Production

Erler Film

Cast

Abdurrahman Palay,Reha Kıral,Raik Alnıaçık,Yılmaz Köksal,Yılmaz Kurt,Gülşen Bubikoğlu,Gözdem Görenler,Orhan Gencebay,Turgut Özatay,İhsan Gedikand 10 more

Director

Halit Refiğ

Writer

Fuat Özlüer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0288603