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The Legend of the Ugly King

Name: The Legend of the Ugly King
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-09-14
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Yılmaz Güney, Tarık Akan, Patrick Blossier, Costa-Gavras, Halil Ergün

2017 · 2h 2m · 7.0 on TMDB

Documentary

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

Halil Ergün

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Michael Haneke

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Gilles Jacob

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Donat Keusch

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Tuncel Kurtiz

Self (archive footage)

Hüseyin Tabak

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Nebahat Çehre

Self (Guney's First Wife)

Zirek

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