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The Legend of the Ugly King

7.020172h 2mMovieDocumentary

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.

DirectorHüseyin Tabak
WriterHüseyin Tabak
ProducersMehmet Aktaş·Janna Heine

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Cast · Directed by Hüseyin Tabak

YGYılmaz Güney
Yılmaz Güney
Self (archive footage)
TATarık Akan
Tarık Akan
Self
PBPatrick Blossier
Patrick Blossier
Self
CCosta-Gavras
Costa-Gavras
Self
HEHalil Ergün
Halil Ergün
Self
MHMichael Haneke
Michael Haneke
Self
GJGilles Jacob
Gilles Jacob
Self
DK
Donat Keusch
Self
TKTuncel Kurtiz
Tuncel Kurtiz
Self (archive footage)
HTHüseyin Tabak
Hüseyin Tabak
Self
NÇNebahat Çehre
Nebahat Çehre
Self (Guney's First Wife)
ZZirek
Zirek
Self

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