The Legend of the Ugly King

Name: The Legend of the Ugly King
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 7

2017 · 122 min

Documentary

★ 7.0

not streaming

Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Hüseyin Tabak
Writer Hüseyin Tabak
Director of Photography Lukas Gnaiger

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

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🔥 Hot takes

warming up the wall…

Intermission

GO DEEPER

Turn the obscurity dial up. There's a lot further down to go.

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