The Legend of the Ugly King

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.

Country: Austria, Germany

Cast

Yılmaz Güney

Tarık Akan

Patrick Blossier

Costa-Gavras

Halil Ergün

Michael Haneke

Gilles Jacob

Donat Keusch