Leyla ile Mecnun
/
Leyla İle Mecnun
director:
Halit Refiğ
playwright:
Fuat Özlüer
actor:
Orhan Gencebay
/
Gülşen Bubikoğlu
/
Yılmaz Köksal
/
Emel Tümer
/
Hüseyin Peyda
…
genre:
Romance
region:
Türkiye
language:
Turkish
length: 1h 35m
release date: 1983-01-01
IMDb: tt0288603
Leyla ile Mecnun
overview
A fortune-teller reveals the Sultan that his daughter will get married to somebody poor, born on the same day with her. So, the Sultan gets all the baby boys born on the same day are killed and only Kadir is saved. Kadir and Leyla grow up together. Leyla wants to marry him but the Sultan refuses this idea. He orders Kadir to be killed, yet Kadir survives fatally wounded. Leyla finds Kadir's place where he is kept as a prisoner. As they escape they get caught. Leyla dies and Kadir who has lost her loved one goes to the desert with the image of Leyla alive in his heart.