The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)
Documentary
Overview
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.
Cast
- 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