The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)

7.0/10 • 122 min • Documentary

Overview

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

Self (archive footage)

Tarık Akan

Patrick Blossier

Costa-Gavras

Halil Ergün

Michael Haneke

Gilles Jacob

Tuncel Kurtiz

Self (archive footage)

Hüseyin Tabak

Nebahat Çehre

Self (Guney's First Wife)

Zirek

Self

Jack Lang

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