Komiser Sekspir

Alternative title: Commissar Shakespeare
Synopsis: Turkish feature film directed by Sinan Cetin. When he learns that his only daughter Su has Leukaemia, police officer Cemil (Kadir Inanir) sets up a theatre in his police station in the hope of winning a TV competition to save his dying daughter. Rehearsals of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs commence with the current occupants - a prostitute, glue-sniffer, mobster and political prisoner - and some street children from the theatre troupe - something that triggers a series of tragicomic events. The Shakespearean connection is unknown beyond the title (11/2008).
Language: Turkish
Country: Turkey
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2001
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre