

MovieDocumentary
The Legend of the Ugly King
7.0(7)20172h 2m
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.
- Director
- Hüseyin Tabak
- Writers
- Hüseyin Tabak
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Cast

Yılmaz Güney
Self (archive footage)

Tarık Akan
Self

Patrick Blossier
Self

Costa-Gavras
Self

Halil Ergün
Self

Michael Haneke
Self

Gilles Jacob
Self
Donat Keusch
Self

Tuncel Kurtiz
Self (archive footage)

Hüseyin Tabak
Self

Nebahat Çehre
Self (Guney's First Wife)

Zirek
Self
Elif Güney Pütün
Self (Guney's Daughter)
Fatoş Güney
Self (Guney's Second Wife)

Jack Lang
Self
Crew
Directing
- Hüseyin TabakDirector
- Melis KayaAssistant Director
Writing
- Hüseyin TabakWriter
Production
- Mehmet AktaşProducer
- Said Nur AkkuşLine Producer
- Janna HeineProducer
- Jana RaschkeProducer
- Hüseyin TabakCo-Producer
- Josef AichholzerCo-Producer
- Erol MintaşProduction Manager
- Alexander GraeffProduction Manager
- Sabine HeinProduction Manager
- Sinan YusufogluProduction Manager
Camera
- Lukas GnaigerDirector of Photography
Editing
- Christoph LoidlEditor
- Andrew BirdEditor
Sound
- Judit VargaMusic
- Tom SchönSound Recordist
- Atanas TcholakovSound Designer
- Shahram AhmadianSound Mixer