Overview
- Released globally on October 28, “Babo – Die Haftbefehl-Story” quickly reached the top spot in Netflix Germany’s film charts.
- Directed by Juan Moreno and Sinan Sevinç and produced by Elyas M’Barek, the film was made under a full-access agreement with no topics off-limits.
- The documentary foregrounds childhood trauma and decades of drug use, including a near-fatal cocaine episode in 2023 shown and recounted on camera.
- Family members, notably brother Cem (Capo) and wife Nina, describe the toll on their lives, with Cem arranging a closed-clinic admission in Istanbul that Haftbefehl calls life-saving.
- Public reaction centers on his visibly altered appearance and concerns about nasal damage consistent with long-term cocaine use, while his longer-term recovery remains unclear.