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The Legend of the Ugly King

The Legend of the Ugly King

Hüseyin Tabak

2017

  • Documentary
7.0

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 & crew

  • Hüseyin TabakDirector
  • Yılmaz GüneySelf (archive footage)
  • Tarık AkanSelf
  • Patrick BlossierSelf
  • Costa-GavrasSelf
  • Halil ErgünSelf
  • Michael HanekeSelf
  • Gilles JacobSelf
  • Donat KeuschSelf

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