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The Legend of the Ugly King

8.6 / 26 votes

East End Film Festival Release Date

Sunday 15th April 2018
The Legend of the Ugly King poster
Contains moderate violence, sex references, brief sexual threat and strong language. Suitable for 12 years and over.
Current Status:released

Next Showing:

None. Last shown at East End Film Festival on 3rd February 2019.
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Directed by:

Hüseyin Tabak

Written by:

Hüseyin Tabak

Produced by:

Josef Aichholzer, Mehmet Aktas and Hüseyin Tabak

Starring:

Yilmaz Güney, Tarik Akan, Patrick Blossier, Costa-Gavras, Leyla Demirezen and Sule Demirezen

Genre:

Documentary

Language:

English

Runtime:

2 hours 2 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

Director Yilmaz Güney produced his most well-known film, YOL, which was honored with the Golden Palm in Cannes in 1982, from his Turkish prison cell, shortly before he broke free and fled to France. His work became a forerunner of Kurdish cinema. On his cinematic research trips, Hüseyin Tabak gathered multifaceted material on the politically polarizing director extraordinaire: from archive images, film clips, and interview sequences, he pursues the question: who was Yilmaz Güney? Who was this infamous Ugly King.

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The Legend of the Ugly King Cast

Yilmaz Güney

Yilmaz Güney headshot

Date of Birth:

Unknown

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

5' 11¾" (1.82 m)

Tarik Akan

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Unknown

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Unknown

Height:

6' 3½" (1.92 m)

Patrick Blossier

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Unknown

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Unknown

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Unknown

Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras headshot

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Unknown

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Unknown

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Unknown

Leyla Demirezen

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Unknown

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Sule Demirezen

Sule Demirezen headshot

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Unknown

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Unknown

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Unknown

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