Status: Released
Released Date: 2017-09-14
Runtime: 122 mins
Director: Hüseyin Tabak
Writer: Hüseyin Tabak
Spoken language: Deutsch, , Türkçe
Genres: Documentary
Original title: The Legend of the Ugly King
Production Companies: mîtosfilm
Production Countries: Austria, Germany
Cast
Yılmaz Güney
Tarık Akan
Patrick Blossier
Costa-Gavras
Halil Ergün
Michael Haneke
Gilles Jacob
Donat Keusch
Tuncel Kurtiz
Hüseyin Tabak
Nebahat Çehre
Zirek
Elif Güney Pütün
Fatoş Güney
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