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We Called Him the Ugly King

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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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Status: Released

Released Date: 1987-01-01

Runtime: 0 mins

Director: Claude Weisz

Spoken language: Türkçe

Genres: Documentary

Original title: We Called Him the Ugly King

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Production Countries: France, Turkey

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