- This heartbreaking TV movie focuses on the first generation of Turkish migrant workers coming to Germany in the 1960s. Melike and Mustafa grow up in a small village of Ürgüp, Nevsehir in the central part of Turkey. She dreams of marrying him until he and his friend Kadir decide to leave their home country to work in Germany. After two years, the young woman must marry the much-older Yasar although she does not love him. For financial reasons, Melike also emigrates to the "golden West" and starts working in a factory. She reunites with Mustafa, now working as a photograph artist, and revives their romance, but one day, Yasar is standing at her door.—fippi2000
- Taking its title literally, the Zeit der Wünsche is a tree that stands in the middle of a small Turkish village, from whose branches the locals hang pieces of paper on which they have written their wishes. It`s the early 1960s and for three friends, Melike, Mustafa and Kadir, life changes dramatically as Germany Wirtschaftswunder in full swing, throws open the doors to the so- called guest workers from Turkey. Mustafa and Kadir leave, Melike remains behind. Her heartfelt wish, to marry Mustafa, is hung on the tree. But the years pass and eventually she marries Yasar, one of the few young men to remain behind. When Mustafa returns it´s to late so he heads back to Cologne. After 5 years unhappily married, Melike also uproots to Germany where she again meets Mustafa and the two begin a passionate love affair. But when Yasar arrives with their two children, worlds are set to collide.
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