---
title: 'The Magician (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cem Yılmaz'
released: '2006-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 122
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Turkey'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magician-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0827503/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Magician (2006)

2006 · 122 min · Comedy · Turkey

Original title: Hokkabaz

## Synopsis

The Magician is a 2006 Turkish comedy-drama film, directed by Cem Yılmaz and Ali Taner Baltacı, about a magician who tours around Turkey with his father and best friend so that he can make enough money for laser eye surgery. The film, which was released on October 20, 2006 , was short-listed for Turkey's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards but lost out to Takva.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Cem Yılmaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/cem-y-lmaz)
- **Screenplay:** [Cem Yılmaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/cem-y-lmaz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ozan Çolakoğlu](https://cinepixo.com/people/ozan-colakoglu)
- **Producer:** [Necati Akpınar](https://cinepixo.com/people/necati-akp-nar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Uğur İçbak](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugur-icbak)

## Cast

- [Mazhar Alanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mazhar-alanson)
- [Cem Yılmaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/cem-y-lmaz)
- [Özlem Tekin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ozlem-tekin)

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