We Called Him the Ugly King
1987•9.0•Released
Documentary
A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney, shot three years after the filmmaker's death. It's also a political portrait of 20th century Turkey.
Director
Claude Weisz
Languages
Turkish
Cast
Yılmaz Güney
Self (archive footage)
Fatoş Güney
Self
Tarık Akan
Self (archive footage)
Kerim Afşar
Sevda Aktolga
Tuncay Akça
Gülşen Alnıaçık
Şevket Altuğ
Aytaç Arman
Dündar Aydınlı
Ahmet Açan
Civan Canova
Faik Coşkun
Melike Demirağ
Süleyman Demirel
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