Melek Leaves
1985•1h 28m•8.0•Released
Documentary
In 1970, Melek Tez came to Berlin as a young worker from Turkey. A confident woman, she first countered racist resentments and remarks with irony and wit. Jokingly, she even referred to herself as a "Kümmeltürkin", a derogatory German term for Turkish migrants. Yet after fourteen humiliating years, her fighting spirit has given way to resignation: Melek Tez is returning to Turkey. Blending documentary, interviews and re-enacted scenes, director Jeanine Meerapfel chronicles Melek Tez' life experience.
Director
Jeanine Meerapfel
Writer
Jeanine Meerapfel
Languages
German, Turkish
Studio
Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG
Cast
Melek Tez
Self
Gülcin Tez
Self
Jeanine Meerapfel
Self (voice)
Production
Company
Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG
Producer
Klaus Volkenborn
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