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The Hollywood Turk
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The Hollywood Turk

2019-06-13 · 93 min · ★ 5.2

Comedy · Romance · Drama

Romantic Comedy about Alper, an unsuccessful Turkish actor from Berlin, Germany, who has to pretend to be an Italian to win his first role and the heart of a German girl who doesn't like Turkish guys.

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Directors
Murat Ünal
Production companies
Desire Media Entertainment
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ilkan AydinBerkan
Jennifer BischofSophie
Matthias FriedrichArno
Christian HartingChristian HartingCaster Austermann
Olivia MareiLaura
Matthias RheinheimerFriedjof
Lena RöpertSandy
Baris SimsekCem
Murat ÜnalMurat ÜnalAlper
Mehmet BozdoğanMehmet BozdoğanHüseyin
Stephan SchillStephan SchillFritz

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