Erdal Yildiz

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Fay Grim (2006)

Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Hartley
CAST:  Parker Posey  •  D.J. Mendel  •  Liam Aiken  •  Megan Gay

Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Hartley
CAST:  Parker Posey  •  D.J. Mendel  •  Liam Aiken  •  Megan Gay

One Day in Europe (2005)

One day in Europe shows stories set in four European countries. All of them involve thievery in some way or the other. The protagonists are strangers in the respective country. For none of them their stay turns out as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hannes Stöhr
CAST:  Megan Gay  •  Luidmila Tsvetkova  •  Andrey Sokolov  •  Florian Lukas

One day in Europe shows stories set in four European countries. All of them involve thievery in some way or the other. The protagonists are strangers in the respective country. For none of them their stay turns out as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hannes Stöhr
CAST:  Megan Gay  •  Luidmila Tsvetkova  •  Andrey Sokolov  •  Florian Lukas

Barefoot (2005)

A hedonistic bachelor - he is his rich family's black sheep - falls for a suicidal mental patient.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Til Schweiger
CAST:  Til Schweiger  •  Johanna Wokalek  •  Nadja Tiller  •  Michael Mendl

A hedonistic bachelor - he is his rich family's black sheep - falls for a suicidal mental patient.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Til Schweiger
CAST:  Til Schweiger  •  Johanna Wokalek  •  Nadja Tiller  •  Michael Mendl

Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)

A comedy that follows an ex-con who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bora Dagtekin
CAST:  Elyas M'Barek  •  Karoline Herfurth  •  Katja Riemann  •  Jana Pallaske

A comedy that follows an ex-con who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bora Dagtekin
CAST:  Elyas M'Barek  •  Karoline Herfurth  •  Katja Riemann  •  Jana Pallaske

Collide (2016)

An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on the run from his employers across Cologne’s autobahns.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eran Creevy
CAST:  Felicity Jones  •  Nicholas Hoult  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Ben Kingsley

An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on the run from his employers across Cologne’s autobahns.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eran Creevy
CAST:  Felicity Jones  •  Nicholas Hoult  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Ben Kingsley

Zenne Dancer (2012)

German photographer Daniel Bert, who comes to Istanbul to do photo shoots, meets Can, who is a zenne at a nightclub, and Ahmet, who comes from a conservative eastern family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caner Alper  •  Mehmet Binay
CAST:  Kerem Can  •  Erkan Avcı  •  Giovanni Arvaneh  •  Tilbe Saran

German photographer Daniel Bert, who comes to Istanbul to do photo shoots, meets Can, who is a zenne at a nightclub, and Ahmet, who comes from a conservative eastern family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caner Alper  •  Mehmet Binay
CAST:  Kerem Can  •  Erkan Avcı  •  Giovanni Arvaneh  •  Tilbe Saran

April Children (1998)

The film depicts the daily life of a Kurdish German family in Hamburg. Cem, one of sons, earns his living in a slaughterhouse and has a secret love affair with a German prostitute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yüksel Yavuz
CAST:  Bülent Sharif  •  Erdal Yildiz  •  Inga Busch  •  Axel Pape

The film depicts the daily life of a Kurdish German family in Hamburg. Cem, one of sons, earns his living in a slaughterhouse and has a secret love affair with a German prostitute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yüksel Yavuz
CAST:  Bülent Sharif  •  Erdal Yildiz  •  Inga Busch  •  Axel Pape

Nick: Off Duty (2016)

Day in, day out, Niklas ‘Nick’ Tschiller and his partner Yalcin Gümer investigate crimes that are happening in Hamburg. But at some point even the policeman needs a break to spend time with his daughter Lenny. Then it says: Tschiller a.D. - out of service - goodbye ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Alvart
CAST:  Til Schweiger  •  Fyodor Bondarchuk  •  Fahri Yardım  •  Stefanie Stappenbeck

Day in, day out, Niklas ‘Nick’ Tschiller and his partner Yalcin Gümer investigate crimes that are happening in Hamburg. But at some point even the policeman needs a break to spend time with his daughter Lenny. Then it says: Tschiller a.D. - out of service - goodbye ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Alvart
CAST:  Til Schweiger  •  Fyodor Bondarchuk  •  Fahri Yardım  •  Stefanie Stappenbeck

Lola and Billy the Kid (1999)

Murat, a Turkish gay youth living in Berlin’s Turkish ghetto, decides to come out to his family. What he doesn’t know yet is that his family has even bigger secrets to hide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kutluğ Ataman
CAST:  Gandi Mukli  •  Erdal Yildiz  •  Baki Davrak  •  Inge Keller

Murat, a Turkish gay youth living in Berlin’s Turkish ghetto, decides to come out to his family. What he doesn’t know yet is that his family has even bigger secrets to hide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kutluğ Ataman
CAST:  Gandi Mukli  •  Erdal Yildiz  •  Baki Davrak  •  Inge Keller

Berlin Calling (2008)

A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hannes Stöhr
CAST:  Paul Kalkbrenner  •  Rita Lengyel  •  Corinna Harfouch  •  Araba Walton

A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hannes Stöhr
CAST:  Paul Kalkbrenner  •  Rita Lengyel  •  Corinna Harfouch  •  Araba Walton

The Lamb (2014)

In a small village, young Mert is about to get traditionally circumcised, but the family does not have the money to follow up with the circumcision celebration. The family wants to be able to serve lamb meat to the guests at the celebration. Mert’s older sister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kutluğ Ataman
CAST:  Nesrin Cavadzade  •  Cahit Gök  •  Mert Taştan  •  Güven Kıraç

In a small village, young Mert is about to get traditionally circumcised, but the family does not have the money to follow up with the circumcision celebration. The family wants to be able to serve lamb meat to the guests at the celebration. Mert’s older sister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kutluğ Ataman
CAST:  Nesrin Cavadzade  •  Cahit Gök  •  Mert Taştan  •  Güven Kıraç

Kokowääh 2 (2013)

Who said a patchwork family is without problems? Two years after the turbulence of Kokowääh, everyday life turns to everyday chaos…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Til Schweiger  •  Torsten Künstler
CAST:  Til Schweiger  •  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Julia Jentsch  •  Emma Schweiger

Who said a patchwork family is without problems? Two years after the turbulence of Kokowääh, everyday life turns to everyday chaos…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Til Schweiger  •  Torsten Künstler
CAST:  Til Schweiger  •  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Julia Jentsch  •  Emma Schweiger

Half Brothers (2015)

Julian, Yasin and Addi learn from the executor of their deceased mother's will that the three men, who had previously been complete strangers, are brothers. The news hits like a bomb. A German family man with a penchant for tricks, a spoiled, ambitious Turk and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Alvart
CAST:  Julia Dietze  •  Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht  •  Fahri Yardım  •  Charly Hübner

Julian, Yasin and Addi learn from the executor of their deceased mother's will that the three men, who had previously been complete strangers, are brothers. The news hits like a bomb. A German family man with a penchant for tricks, a spoiled, ambitious Turk and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Alvart
CAST:  Julia Dietze  •  Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht  •  Fahri Yardım  •  Charly Hübner

Porno!Melo!Drama! (2007)

Over one wild Cologne night, three women in search of the perfect partner and perfect life discover that a little bit of magic changes everything...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heesook Sohn
CAST:  Franziska Petri  •  Jale Arıkan  •  Matthias Koeberlin  •  Erdal Yildiz

Over one wild Cologne night, three women in search of the perfect partner and perfect life discover that a little bit of magic changes everything...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heesook Sohn
CAST:  Franziska Petri  •  Jale Arıkan  •  Matthias Koeberlin  •  Erdal Yildiz

Der Herr der Wüste (2003)

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DIRECTION:  Vivian Naefe
CAST:  Anica Dobra  •  Herbert Knaup  •  Erdal Yildiz  •  Marie-Luise Schramm

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DIRECTION:  Vivian Naefe
CAST:  Anica Dobra  •  Herbert Knaup  •  Erdal Yildiz  •  Marie-Luise Schramm

Finnlandia (2001)

Brothers (2017)

A young man is searching for his place in the world. He finds his way, religion and his "brothers" in the radical Islam. What begins with the wish of helping people in Syria leads Jan through religious murder as an ISIS-soldier and back to his home county Germany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Züli Aladag
CAST:  Edin Hasanović  •  Mišel Matičević  •  Karoline Eichhorn  •  Dennis Mojen

A young man is searching for his place in the world. He finds his way, religion and his "brothers" in the radical Islam. What begins with the wish of helping people in Syria leads Jan through religious murder as an ISIS-soldier and back to his home county Germany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Züli Aladag
CAST:  Edin Hasanović  •  Mišel Matičević  •  Karoline Eichhorn  •  Dennis Mojen

Sandstern (2018)

Set in West Germany in the 1980s, the tormented destiny of a young Turk confronted with uprooting and illness...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yilmaz Arslan
CAST:  Roland Kagan Sommer  •  Taies Farzan  •  Hilmi Sözer  •  Katharina Thalbach

Set in West Germany in the 1980s, the tormented destiny of a young Turk confronted with uprooting and illness...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yilmaz Arslan
CAST:  Roland Kagan Sommer  •  Taies Farzan  •  Hilmi Sözer  •  Katharina Thalbach

Der letzte Bulle (2019)

25 years of coma lie behind the hard-hitting policeman Mick Brisgau, as he awakens in a world unknown to him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Thorwarth
CAST:  Henning Baum  •  Maximilian Grill  •  Daniele Rizzo  •  Leonie Brill

25 years of coma lie behind the hard-hitting policeman Mick Brisgau, as he awakens in a world unknown to him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Thorwarth
CAST:  Henning Baum  •  Maximilian Grill  •  Daniele Rizzo  •  Leonie Brill
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