Somersault in a Coffin
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
76 min
Release Date
1996-04-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Turkish
Vote Count
75
Vote Average
7.507
Ahmet Uğurlu
Mahsun
Tuncel Kurtiz
Reis
Ayşen Aydemir
Eroin Bağımlısı Kadın
Derviş Zaim
Mahmut Benek
Barış Celiloğlu
Ahmet Çadırcı
Zeki
Fuat Onan
Şerif Erol
Hasan Uzma
Nadi Güler
Figen Evren
Raşit Çivi
Ömer Metin Kocaman
Hakan Karadağlı
Fahrettin Özkan
Yüksel Çavuşoğlu
Bülent Güneri
Uğur Algan
Osman Canik
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