The Legend of the Ugly King

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  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 122 min
  • Premiere: 2017. September 14.

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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Yılmaz Güney

Self (archive footage)

Tuncel Kurtiz

Self (archive footage)

Nebahat Çehre

Self (Guney's First Wife)

Zirek

Self

Elif Güney Pütün

Self (Guney's Daughter)

Fatoş Güney

Self (Guney's Second Wife)

Camera

Lukas Gnaiger

Director of Photography

Directing

Hüseyin Tabak

Director

Melis Kaya

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Mehmet Aktaş

Producer

Said Nur Akkus

Line Producer

Janna Heine

Producer

Jana Raschke

Producer

Hüseyin Tabak

Co-Producer

Josef Aichholzer

Co-Producer

Erol Mintas

Production Manager

Alexander Graeff

Production Manager

Sabine Hein

Production Manager

Sinan Yusufoglu

Production Manager

Sound

Atanas Tcholakov

Sound Designer

Tom Schön

Sound Recordist

Shahram Ahmadian

Sound Mixer

Writing

Camera

Lukas Gnaiger

Director of Photography

Directing

Hüseyin Tabak

Director

Melis Kaya

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Mehmet Aktaş

Producer

Said Nur Akkus

Line Producer

Janna Heine

Producer

Jana Raschke

Producer

Hüseyin Tabak

Co-Producer

Josef Aichholzer

Co-Producer

Erol Mintas

Production Manager

Alexander Graeff

Production Manager

Sabine Hein

Production Manager

Sinan Yusufoglu

Production Manager

Sound

Atanas Tcholakov

Sound Designer

Tom Schön

Sound Recordist

Shahram Ahmadian

Sound Mixer

Writing