We Called Him the Ugly King

Overview

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.

Cast

Yılmaz Güney

Self (archive footage)

N/A

Fatoş Güney

Self

Tarık Akan

Self (archive footage)

Kerim Afşar

Sevda Aktolga

Tuncay Akça

Gülşen Alnıaçık

Şevket Altuğ

Aytaç Arman

Dündar Aydınlı

Ahmet Açan

Civan Canova