''Istanbul Tales'' ( tr, Anlat İstanbul) is a 2005 Turkish

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, directed by Selim Demirdelen, Kudret Sabancı,

Ümit Ünal Ümit Ünal (born 14 April 1965 in Tire, İzmir), is a film director, screenwriter and author. He is the scriptwriter for eight Turkish feature films including ''Teyzem (My Aunt)'' (1986), ''Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen (My Dreams, My Love and You)' ...

, Yücel Yolcu and Ömür Atay, which tells five interconnected stories set in modern-day

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based on the fairytales ''

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Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...

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''. The film, which went on nationwide general release on 11 March 2005, won several awards including Best Film at the 24th International Istanbul Film Festival.

Awards

The film won the Best Film of the Year and Best Actress awards at the 2005

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, Special Jury Prize at the 2006

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and Jury Prize of "Artistic Expression" (Original Idea) at the 2005 MedFilm Festival in Rome.

Cast

Altan Erkekli Reşit Altan Erkekli (born 18 January 1955) is a Turkish theatre, film and television actor. Filmography Films: * 1982 ''Dolap Beyiri'' * 1989 ''Can Şenliği'' * 1991 ''Deniz Gurbetçileri'' * 1993 ''Mavi Sürgün'' * 1996 ''80. Adım'' * 200 ...

as Hilmi, the Clarinetist *

Özgü Namal Melahat Özgü Namal (born 28 December 1978) is a Turkish actress. Biography Her maternal family are Turkish immigrants from Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire (now in Greece). Her paternal family is Turkish immigrant from Macedonia. Özgü Amel Nama ...

as Senay, his Wife *

Mehmet Günsür Mehmet Günsür (; born 8 May 1975) is a Turkish people, Turkish model, actor and producer. Early life Günsür was born in 1975 as the second child of a family of Tatar descent (a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic subgroup). His mother, Sibel, was ...

as Rifki, her Lover *

Erkan Can Erkan Can (born 1 November 1958) is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' On Board'' and '' Takva: A Man's Fear of God'', and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance b ...

as Erkan, the Drummer *

Azra Akın Azra Akın (born 8 December 1981) is a Turkish-Dutch actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2002 in London on December 7, 2002. Biography Akın was born in Almelo, Netherlands, to Turkish parents. Her father (Nazım ...

as Idil *

Çetin Tekindor Çetin Tekindor (born 16 July 1945) is a Turkish actor. Biography Çetin Tekindor was born in 1945 in Sivas. After studying theatre at the Ankara State Conservatory, he made his professional acting debut in a play ''IV. Murat'' in 1970. Beside ac ...

as Ihsan, the Mafia Boss * Vahide Gördüm as Hurrem, the Wicked Queen *

Nejat İşler Nejat İşler (; born 28 February 1972) is a Turkish actor and writer. He is best known for many hit films including won Cannes Film Festivale.Some of his popular series are ''Behzat Ç'', ''Gülbeyaz'', ''Bıçak Sırtı'', ''Keşanlı Ali Des ...

as Ramazan, the Killer *Hilal Aslan as Dwarf #8 *

Yelda Reynaud Yelda Reynaud (born Kaymakçı on 17 January 1972) is a Turkish-Austrian actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of ...

as Banu, the Transsexual *

Şevket Çoruh Şevket Çoruh (born June 30, 1973) is a Turkish actor best known as for his roles in '' İnşaat'', ''Anlat İstanbul'', ''Arka Sokaklar'', ''Gönül'', '' Yılan Hikayesi'', '' Çiçek Taksi''. He graduated from Müjdat Gezen Art Center, whic ...

as Recep, her Pimp *Given Kirac as Mimi, the Transvestite *

İsmail Hacıoğlu İsmail Hacıoğlu (born 30 November 1985) is a Turkish actor and son of former Fenerbahçe player Mehmet Hacıoğlu. Career His paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Bulgaria. He started acting by playing in a play when he w ...

as Fiko *Selen Ucer as Prostitute *Hasibe Eren as Prostitute *

Nurgül Yeşilçay Nurgül Yeşilçay (born 26 March 1976) is a Turkish actress. Biography Nurgül Yeşilçay was born in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, in 1976. She studied drama at the State Conservatoire of Anadolu University in Eskişehir. Since her graduation, she h ...

as Saliha, the Aristocrat *Selim Akgul as Musa, the Kurd *Erdem Akakce as Recai, Saliha's Brother *

İdil Üner İdil Üner (born 1 August 1971 in West Berlin, West Germany) is a German-Turkish actress. Üner studied at the Berlin University of the Arts. She received piano lessons for 17 years—starting from the age of 6—and formal opera training for ...

as Melek *

Fikret Kuşkan Fikret Kuşkan (born 22 April 1965) is a Turkish actor. Kuşkan grew up in İstinye with his parents and four sisters. His father was of Albanian origin. When he was 13, his father died and he moved to Tokat. After three years, he returned to İ ...

as Rafet *Ahmet Memtaz Taylan as TV Journalist *Ece Hakim as Melek's Daughter

External links

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