While shooting the scene that Beybaba (Osman Alkas) gathers everyone on the deck and reprimands them, Nadir Saribacak (Cenk) laughed for real. Osman Alkas didn't break the character and just slapped Nadir while saying "What are you laughing for?"
Before becoming a filmmaker Karaçelik worked as a crewman on commercial ships, thus his command on life aboard.
The names of the characters fit their personalities. Cenk means war, Nadir means rare and Alper means hero.
Ismail is also the name of the son of Prophet Ibrahim. In the Kur'an, Ibrahim asks Allah for a son and promises to sacrifice him. Just as he sacrifices Ismail, Allah sends Cebrail and tells him that this was a test and that he passed it. The father and son later built Kabe together. This hints to the character Ismail's relationship with authority in this film.
Beybaba is a name used by children when referring to their fathers. The word is composed of two words; "Bey" and "Baba". Baba means father, and bey is a word used while respectably referring to men in Turkish.
Ismail is also the name of the son of Prophet Ibrahim. In the Kur'an, Ibrahim asks Allah for a son and promises to sacrifice him. Just as he sacrifices Ismail, Allah sends Cebrail and tells him that this was a test and that he passed it. The father and son later built Kabe together. This hints to the character Ismail's relationship with authority in this film.
Beybaba is a name used by children when referring to their fathers. The word is composed of two words; "Bey" and "Baba". Baba means father, and bey is a word used while respectably referring to men in Turkish.
The film was shot at 19 days, on a ship that did not move for the seizure.