The Legend of the Ugly King

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The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)

Directed by Hüseyin Tabak

Documentary · 2h 02m

Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later.

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Cast

Yılmaz Güney Self (archive footage) Tarık Akan Self Patrick Blossier Self Costa-Gavras Self Halil Ergün Self Michael Haneke Self Gilles Jacob Self
D
Donat Keusch Self Tuncel Kurtiz Self (archive footage) Hüseyin Tabak Self Nebahat Çehre Self (Guney's First Wife) Zirek Self

Crew

Director
Hüseyin Tabak
Writer
Hüseyin Tabak
Director of Photography
Lukas Gnaiger
Editor
Christoph Loidl, Andrew Bird
Producer
Mehmet Aktaş, Janna Heine, Jana Raschke

Details

Original title
Die Legende vom hässlichen König
Release date
2017-09-14
Runtime
2h 02m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German, Kurdish, Turkish
Countries
Austria, Germany
Production
mîtosfilm