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Pazar Der Markt (Original title)The Market (Alternative title)Pazar (Alternative title)The Market A Tale of Trade (Alternative title)Pazar Bir Ticaret Masali (Alternative title)
Dates: 2008 (Copyright), 16 April 2010 (Release)

Countries: Germany, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, Turkey

Directed by: Ben Hopkins

Synopsis: Drama set in the 1990's in Turkey and Azerbaijan. Small-time trader Mihram seeks to make his fortune by dealing in mobile phones. Firstly, however, he needs to get hold of the capital to get his venture started.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 27 November 2008Country: GermanyRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 94 mins Dialogue (original): Turkish
Date: 16 April 2010Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 89 mins 20 secs - Length: 8039 FeetDialogue (original): Turkish / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: The Works UK Distribution Ltd

Credits (82)
©: Flying Moon Filmproduktion GmbH, ©: Eurasia Film, ©: Hans W. Geissendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion, ©: Tigerlily Films, Pi Film Productions, Production Company: Flying Moon Filmproduktion GmbH, Production Company: Eurasia Film, Production Company: Hans W. Geissendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Production Company: Tigerlily Films, Production Company: Pi Film Productions, In association with: BBC Four, Development funded by: MEDIA, Financier: MBB - Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Financier: MDM - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, DFFF - Deutscher Filmförderfonds, International Sales: The Works International, Developed through: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Producer: Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, Co-producer: Gulnara Sarsenova, Co-producer: Hans W. Geißendörfer, Co-producer: Nikki Parrott, Co-producer: Ceyda Tufan, Line Producer: Ole Nicolaisen, Associate Producer: Helge Albers, Associate Producer: Konstantin Kröning, Associate Producer: Ermek Shinarbaev, Associate Producer: Natasha Dack, Unit Manager: Verena Radke, Key Accountant: Ursula Gill-gaida, Accountant Turkey: Asli Günes, Location Manager: Fevzi Bozbay, Post-production Supervisor: Ole Nicolaisen, Assistant to the Director: Irem Soydan, 1st Assistant Director: Ìlke Abur, 2nd Assistant Director: Erdem Eraldemir, 3rd Assistant Director: Ersin Özel, Script Continuity: Nergis Usta, Casting Director: Sinan Tuzcu, Cengiz Bozkurt, Written by: Ben Hopkins, Turkish Script Translation: Taylan Halici, Director of Photography: Konstantin Kröning, 1st Assistant Camera: Jörg Gruber, Clapper Loader: Miriam Troescher, Gaffer: Theo Oppenländer, Additional Gaffer: Marc Lubosch, Key Grip: Michael Geyer, Video Operator: Jenny Klein, Stills Photographer: Konstantin Kröning, Editor: Alan Levy, Assistant Editor: Cem Yildirim, Production Designer: Atilla Yilmaz, Prop Master: Hayati Gülbahar, Costume Designer: Zeynep Sirlikaya, Title Design: Rebecca Riedl, Title Design: Mieke Ulfig, Titles: Superschool, Title Production Supervisor: Marek Voegeli, Laboratory Production Co-ordinator: Richard Schwarz, Negative Editing: Veronika Auer, Colour Matching: Charly Huser, Film Stock: Kodak GmbH, Laboratory: Arri Schwarzfilm Berlin, Sinefekt Postprodüksyon Hizmetleri A.S., Camera/Grip Rental: ARRI Rental Deutschland GmbH, Composer/Orig Score Composed/Arranged by: Cihan Sezer, [Music] Sound Engineer: Erim Arkman, Sound Design: Lars Ginzel, Co-sound Designer: Ben Hopkins, Sound Co-ordinator: Jenny Walendy, Niels Rinke, Sound Recordist: Jacob Ilgner, Boom Operator: Bilge Bingül, Re-recording Mixer: Lars Ginzel, Dialogue Editor: Dominik Schleier, ADR Mixer: Günter Friedhoff, Foley Artist: Helmut Kowanda, Foley Mixer: Anton K. Feist, Foley Editor: Detlef A. Schitto, Foley Editor: Uwe Bossenz, Dialect Coach: Cem Düzova
Cast (64)
Tayanç Ayaydin (Mihram), Genco Erkal (Fazil), Senay Aydin (Elif), Hakan Sahin (Mustafa), Rojin (singer), Sertel Ugur (Yasar, factory owner), Eren Karakus (factory young foreman), Seval Bozbay (Evin, Mihram's daughter), Cengiz Bozkurt (Hasan, football fan friend), Melih Düzenli (Osman), Asik Mehmet Aydiner, Asik Yusuf Kapcak (Okey Evi singer), Abdullah Bolkan (Mustafa's colleague), Ferit Kaya (Serhat), Nilüfer Alptekin (doctor), Serap Önder (hill farm woman), Sinan Tuzcu (phone worker 1), Fevzi Bozbay (driver buying petrol), Hakan Ekinci (petrol boy 1), Kubilay Tuncer (phone company executive), Kamil Acar (mine foreman), Özlem Baskaya (perfume woman), Ercan Kiliçarslan (border sergeant), Sarp Akkaya (Faruk), Hasan Küçükçetin (Irfan), Nesrin Cavadzade (pharmacist), Musa Kaya (villager), Meryem Borak (singing girl), Ufuk Asar (Baran), Handan Çapanoglu (nurse), Rojda Alak, Murat Altintas, Haydar Aslan, Ebubekir Atrak, Ramazan Baykara, Esra Bayra, Hüsamettin Berberoglu, Leyla Bor, Revsen Bor, Eflatun Botan, Mehmet Bulut, Kadir Cesur, Servet Çurku, Mesut Delen, Cumali Deniz, Kadir Deniz, Nihat Durmus, M. Zeki Ekemen, Hakan Ekinci, Zorap Ekinci, Remzi Gür, Yilmaz Gür, Celal Kanat, Bayram Kahraman, Halil Kaya, Hividar Kaya, Ubeydullah Kaya, Fevzi Kurt, Nuri Saltik, Ahmet Sarica, Faith Seker, Halil Soyalp, Serkan Timuçin, Cesim Turan