We Called Him the Ugly King (1987)
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
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Yılmaz Güney as Self (archive footage) |
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Fatoş Güney as Self |
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Tarık Akan as Self (archive footage) |
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Kerim Afşar as |
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Sevda Aktolga as |
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Tuncay Akça as |
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Gülşen Alnıaçık as |
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Şevket Altuğ as |
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Aytaç Arman as |
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Dündar Aydınlı as |
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Ahmet Açan as |
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Civan Canova as |
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Faik Coşkun as |
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Melike Demirağ as |
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Süleyman Demirel as |
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Bülent Ecevit as |
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Nizam Ergüden as |
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Halil Ergün as |
| Directing | Claude Weisz | Director |