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.
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Yılmaz Güney
as Self (archive footage)
Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor.
He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were devoted to the plight of ordinary, working...
Tarık Akan
as Self (archive footage)
Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Üregül, 13 December 1949 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1970s. He acted in a total of 110 films, and won num...
Kerim Afşar
Sevda Aktolga
Tuncay Akça
Gülşen Alnıaçık
Director
Claude Weisz