The Legend of the Ugly King

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Winner of the Granit Best Documentary prize at the 2017 Hof International Film Festival, The Legend of the Ugly King is an intimate portrait of the late Yilmaz Güney, the legendary Kurdish filmmaker who made Sürü, which received a special mention at the 1978 Festival del film Locarno, and Yol, the 1982 Palme d’or (p. 98). Such big names as Michael Haneke and Costa-Gavras are taking part in this colourful homage.

Swiss Premiere

Documentary
Germany, Austria
2017 | 122 min. | Colour

Language : Kurdish | Turkish | English | German | French | Spanish
Subtitles : Deutsch

Screenplay

Hüseyin Tabak

Cinematography

Lukas Gnaiger

Editing

Christoph Loidl

Andrew Bird

Music

Judit Varga

Sound

Tom Schön

Cast

Leyla Demirezen

Constantin Costa-Gavras

Patrick Blossier

Tarik Akan

Yilmaz Güney

Producer

Mehmet Aktas

Production Company

, Mitos Film

Print Contact

Mitos Film
Lea Drescher
lea@mitosfilm.com, Berlin

Hüseyin Tabak
Germany, 1981

Cheeese…

2010 Kick Off (Best Documentary, Viennale)

2010 Heim (short)

2012 Deine Schönheit ist nichts wert (Best Film, Austrian Film Award)

2012 Das Pferd auf dem Balkon

Homepage of the movie

Diaspora : Beki Probst and Turkey

Genre Cinema : Biopics

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