The Escape

The Escape

2016•1h 37m•5.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.0/10(13)

Cabir believes he killed a man while fleeing the police in the Turkish-Greek-Bulgarian border area. His feelings of guilt pursue him like a ghost. But is his victim actually the husband of Aliyes, the woman Cabir takes in, hiding, protecting him? Atmospherically dense, Turkish love drama about a refugee from Syria.

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Production

Ustaoglu Production, K2 Medya, unafilm, ZDF, Sinema Genel Müdürlügü, ARTE

Language

TR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ali Suliman

Ali Suliman

Cabir

Jale Arıkan

Jale Arıkan

Aliye

Mustafa Avkıran

Mustafa Avkıran

Sadik

Muhammed Cangören

Muhammed Cangören

Kurbagaci

Burak Çimen

Burak Çimen

Kurbagaci Yahya

Burak Türker

Burak Türker

Patron

Yusuf Demircioğlu

Yusuf Demircioğlu

Muhtar

Hakan Tuna

Erdoğan Eğmen

Komutan

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