The Magician

The Magician (2006)

Hokkabaz

Failed magician Iskender decides to do a tour to save his career, but has to bring his grumpy and senile father along. The tour is quite unexpectedly interrupted when a bride actually disappears from the stage.

Date of release
2006-10-20
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (187)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Cem Yılmaz, Ali Taner Baltacı

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Istanbul and Çanakkale Province

The Magician is a 2006 Turkish comedy-drama film, directed by Cem Yılmaz and Ali Taner Baltacı, about a magician who tours around Turkey with his father and best friend so that he can make enough money for laser eye surgery. The film, which was released on October 20, 2006 , was short-listed for Turkey's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards but lost out to Takva.

Production

The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Gallipoli and Eceabat, Turkey.

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