The End of Fame

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The End of Fame

1981

1h 25m

1.0(2 votes)

Drama

Music

Overview

A highly accurate autobiographic film that depicts the aftermath of Bülent Ersoy's gender change and how she, her friends and community reacts to it.

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16 members

Acting

Bülent Ersoy

Bülent

Acting

Yusuf Sezgin

Murat

Acting

Serpil Çakmaklı

Asli

Acting

Ekrem Bora

Nihat

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Şemsi İnkaya

Bülent'in Arkadasi

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Hakkı Çağdaş

Unknown Role

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Abdurrahman Palay

Unknown Role

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Nevzat Okçugil

Unknown Role

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Bülent Bilgiç

Kemanci Dogan

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Mehtap Ar

Unknown Role

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Nejat Gürçen

Unknown Role

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Diler Saraç

Unknown Role

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Tevhid Bilge

Unknown Role

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Giovanni Scognamillo

psychiatrist

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Yaprak Özdemiroğlu

Unknown Role

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Zeki Alpan

Unknown Role

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