Leyla and Mecnun

Name: Leyla and Mecnun
Director: Halit Refiğ
Genre: Romance
Released: 1983-01-01
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.667
Cast: Orhan Gencebay, Gülşen Bubikoğlu, Yılmaz Köksal, Emel Tümer, Hüseyin Peyda

Original title: Leyla ile Mecnun

6.7(9)19831h 35mTR

Directed by Halit Refiğ

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.