FILM · 1988 · TURKEY

Polizei

Directed by

Şerif Gören

Runtime

88 min

9 archived facts · 3 topics · 2 sources · Last reviewed Sep 2026

Working as a modest garbage collector and part-time theater assistant in Berlin, Ali Ekber feels betrayed by his friends. After getting his hands on a theater prop Politzei uniform, he uses it to pose as a Politzei and impress his love - waitress Babett.

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1. #001

   Kemal Sunal, in the lead role, plays Ali Ekber, a Turkish worker who came to Berlin as a child and works as a garbage collector. Ali Ekber shares the home where he lives alone with his bird, Garip, to whom he confides his secrets.

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2. #002

   Claudia Hackermesser plays Babett, the German waitress with whom Ali Ekber falls in love; the cast list on TMDb also lists the name Babett Jutte for the same character.

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3. #003

   Yalçın Güzelce plays Filinta Cemal, Ali Ekber's womanizing friend, who helps him while also showing an interest in Babett himself.

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4. #004

   For the role of a policeman that Klaus, the German director of the theatre, gives him on stage, Ali Ekber wears a German police uniform. When he is mistaken for a real policeman and receives a great deal of attention at the Turkish grocery store he visits in uniform, he shaves off his moustache, puts on sunglasses and begins walking around outside in the uniform all the time.

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5. #005

   The film addresses the theme of discipline in Germany while also depicting the hardships Turks experience abroad, with references made in most of its scenes.

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6. #006

   On TMDb the film's genres are listed as comedy and drama, and its release date is given as 1 November 1988.

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7. #007

   Ali Ekber's friends mock him by telling him that the letter that appears to have come from Babett was in fact written by Cemal. Disappointed by this, Ali Ekber withdraws into himself, goes to work but does not collect garbage, and does not go to the theatre for days.

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8. #008

   While walking around in his police uniform, Ali Ekber happens to catch a robber in a cassette shop; but since he is not a real policeman, he releases the robber in a deserted place.

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9. #009

   At a wedding held by Turks, Ali Ekber stops the celebration because of Germans complaining about the loud noise, and takes a bribe from his own friends to let the wedding continue.

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