“Ugly King” was the nickname of the Kurdish director Yilmaz Güney, who became famous outside Turkey for his recognizable film style and is still regarded as an idol within the country for his political beliefs. A young German-Kurdish filmmaker decides to learn who was really the man that became his greatest influence and delivers a manifold portrait of a fiery personality full of vision, but also contradictions.
The Legend of the Ugly King
Die Legende vom hässlichen König
20th TDF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Hüseyin Tabak
- Script: Hüseyin Tabak
- Cinematography: Lukas Gnaiger
- Editing: Christoph Loidl, Andrew Bird
- Sound: Tom Schön, Atanas Tcholavok
- Music: Judit Varga
- Production: Mitosfilm
- Producers: Mehmet Aktas
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color/B&W
- Production Country: Germany, Austria
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 122'
- Contact: Mitosfilm, info@mitosfilm.com
Hüseyin Tabak
Filmography
2010 Kick Off
2012 Deine Schönheit ist nichts wert | Your Beauty is Worth Nothing... (fiction)
2013 Das Pferd auf dem Balkon | The Horse on the Balcony (fiction)
2017 Die Legende vom hässlichen König | The Legend of the Ugly King
