Ankara Ekspresi vs Taking Sides

Ankara Ekspresi has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.2/10 for Taking Sides). Ankara Ekspresi is the shorter watch at 1h 16m compared with 1h 48m. Ankara Ekspresi is the older of the two (1970 against 2002). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Ankara Ekspresi posterAnkara Ekspresi1970 VS Taking Sides posterTaking Sides2002
Ankara EkspresiTaking Sides
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 6.2/10
Year19702002
Length1h 16m1h 48m
GenresAdventure, Drama, History, Music, RomanceDrama, Music, War
Country––
DirectorMuzaffer ArslanIstván Szabó
Main castHüseyin Kutman, Kayhan Yıldızoğlu, Kadir İnanır, Ali Demir, Süheyl EğribozHarvey Keitel, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgård

Synopsis

Ankara Ekspresi

During World War II, Germany aims to conquer Turkey with an operation which is Ankara Express. German spy Hilda and Turkish major Seyfi engage in a dangerous relationship while they work for the Ankara Express operation.

Taking Sides

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute…

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