14 September 2017 Factual 122 mins
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.
Watch the official The Legend of the Ugly King 2017 trailer in HD below.
Yılmaz Güney as Self (archive footage)
Tarık Akan as Self
Patrick Blossier as Self
Costa-Gavras as Self
Halil Ergün as Self
Michael Haneke as Self
Gilles Jacob as Self
Donat Keusch as Self
Tuncel Kurtiz as Self (archive footage)
Hüseyin Tabak as Self
Nebahat Çehre as Self (Guney's First Wife)
Zirek as Self
Elif Güney Pütün as Self (Guney's Daughter)
Fatoş Güney as Self (Guney's Second Wife)
Jack Lang as Self
Hüseyin Tabak Director
Lukas Gnaiger Director of Photography
Christoph Loidl Editor
Andrew Bird Editor
Mehmet Aktaş Producer
Judit Varga Music
Tom Schön Sound Recordist
Atanas Tcholakov Sound Designer
Hüseyin Tabak Writer
Said Nur Akkus Line Producer
Janna Heine Producer
Jana Raschke Producer
Hüseyin Tabak Co-Producer
Josef Aichholzer Co-Producer
Erol Mintaş Production Manager
ئەفسانەی پاشای ناشرین Trailer
Canada 07 September 2017
Germany 11 October 2018
Iraq 14 September 2017
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