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We Called Him the Ugly King

We Called Him the Ugly King

★ 9.0/10•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.

Claude Weisz · Director

StatusReleased
LanguageTR
Release DateJan 1, 1987

Actors

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

Ahmet Açan

Ahmet Açan

Civan Canova

Civan Canova

Faik Coşkun

Faik Coşkun

Melike Demirağ

Melike Demirağ

Süleyman Demirel

Süleyman Demirel

Bülent Ecevit

Bülent Ecevit

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