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We Called Him the Ugly King
We Called Him the Ugly King
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We Called Him the Ugly King

1987
Directed byClaude Weisz
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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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Yılmaz GüneySelf (archive footage)Fatoş GüneySelfTarık AkanSelf (archive footage)
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Kerim Afşar
Sevda Aktolga
Tuncay Akça
Gülşen Alnıaçık
Şevket Altuğ
Aytaç Arman
Dündar Aydınlı
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GENRES
Documentary
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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