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We Called Him the Ugly King

We Called Him the Ugly King

Claude Weisz

1987

  • Documentary
9.0

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.

Cast & crew

  • Claude WeiszDirector
  • Yılmaz GüneySelf (archive footage)
  • Fatoş GüneySelf
  • Tarık AkanSelf (archive footage)
  • Kerim Afşar
  • Sevda Aktolga
  • Tuncay Akça
  • Gülşen Alnıaçık
  • Şevket Altuğ

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