Leyla and Mecnun

Name: Leyla and Mecnun
Genre: Romance
Released: 1983-01-01
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Orhan Gencebay, Gülşen Bubikoğlu, Yılmaz Köksal, Emel Tümer, Hüseyin Peyda

Leyla ile Mecnun

1983 1 h 35 min

Romance

70%

Audience score10 votes on TMDB

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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.

Director: Halit Refiğ
Screenplay: Fuat Özlüer
Status: Released
Release date: 01/01/1983
Original language: Turkish