Killing the Shadows
Movie| Title | Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü? |
| User score | 7.1 |
| Release date | Feb 17, 2006 |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Director | Ezel Akay |
| Production country | Turkey |
| Production companies | Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR) |
| Budget | $3,500,000 |
| Revenue | $3,004,541 |
| Run time | 135 min. |
Killing The Shadows is a bawdy comic fable set in the Ottoman Empire during the mid-14th century based on two legendary figures in Turkish folkore, the jester Hacivat (Beyazit Ozturk) and the nomad Karagoz (Haluk Bilginer), men who apparently lived and died by their sense of humour.
