The Legend of the Ugly King

Name: The Legend of the Ugly King
Cast: Yılmaz Güney, Tarık Akan, Patrick Blossier, Costa-Gavras, Halil Ergün

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Hüseyin TabakProducers: Jana Raschke, Janna Heine, Mehmet Aktaş

Yılmaz Güney

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Tarık Akan

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Patrick Blossier

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Costa-Gavras

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Halil Ergün

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Michael Haneke

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Gilles Jacob

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Donat Keusch

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