The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)
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.
Director: Hüseyin Tabak
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Yılmaz Güney as Self (archive footage) |
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Tarık Akan as Self |
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Patrick Blossier as Self |
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Costa-Gavras as Self |
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Halil Ergün as Self |
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Michael Haneke as Self |
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Gilles Jacob as Self |
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Donat Keusch as Self |
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Tuncel Kurtiz as Self (archive footage) |
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Hüseyin Tabak as Self |
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Nebahat Çehre as Self (Guney's First Wife) |
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Zirek as Self |
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Elif Güney Pütün as Self (Guney's Daughter) |
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Fatoş Güney as Self (Guney's Second Wife) |
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Jack Lang as Self |
| Directing | Hüseyin Tabak | Director |
| Sound | Atanas Tcholakov | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Christoph Loidl | Editor |
| Sound | Judit Varga | Music |
| Editing | Andrew Bird | Editor |
| Production | Mehmet Aktaş | Producer |
| Sound | Tom Schön | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Lukas Gnaiger | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Hüseyin Tabak | Writer |
| Production | Said Nur Akkus | Line Producer |
| Production | Janna Heine | Producer |
| Production | Jana Raschke | Producer |
| Production | Hüseyin Tabak | Co-Producer |
| Production | Josef Aichholzer | Co-Producer |
| Production | Erol Mintaş | Production Manager |
| Production | Alexander Graeff | Production Manager |
| Production | Sabine Hein | Production Manager |
| Production | Sinan Yusufoglu | Production Manager |
| Directing | Melis Kaya | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Shahram Ahmadian | Sound Mixer |