The Legend of the Ugly King

The Legend of the Ugly King

Released on
Documentary
Runtime
122 mins
(7 votes)

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.

Cast

  • Yılmaz Güney
  • Tarık Akan
  • Patrick Blossier
  • Costa-Gavras
  • Halil Ergün
  • Michael Haneke
  • Gilles Jacob
  • Donat Keusch
  • Tuncel Kurtiz
  • Hüseyin Tabak
  • Nebahat Çehre
  • Zirek
  • Elif Güney Pütün
  • Fatoş Güney
  • Jack Lang

Director

  • Hüseyin Tabak

Producers

  • Mehmet Aktaş
  • Janna Heine
  • Jana Raschke

Screenwriter

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