We Called Him the Ugly King

  • Rated 9.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1987
  • Documentary

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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Director
Claude Weisz
Starring
Yılmaz Güney, Fatoş Güney, Tarık Akan, Kerim Afşar

Cast

  • Yılmaz Güney

    Yılmaz Güney

    Self (archive footage)

  • Fatoş Güney

    Self

  • Tarık Akan

    Tarık Akan

    Self (archive footage)

  • Kerim Afşar

    Kerim Afşar

  • Sevda Aktolga

    Sevda Aktolga

  • Tuncay Akça

    Tuncay Akça

  • Gülşen Alnıaçık

    Gülşen Alnıaçık

  • Şevket Altuğ

    Şevket Altuğ

  • Aytaç Arman

    Aytaç Arman

  • Dündar Aydınlı

    Dündar Aydınlı

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