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Film · 1987 · Documentary

We Called Him the Ugly King

★9.0 1987 — Claude Weisz PG-13

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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Synopsis

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.

Documentary

Cast

8 principal cast

Yılmaz Güney

Yılmaz Güney

Self (archive footage)

Fatoş Güney

Self

Tarık Akan

Tarık Akan

Self (archive footage)

Kerim Afşar

Kerim Afşar

Sevda Aktolga

Sevda Aktolga

Tuncay Akça

Tuncay Akça

Gülşen Alnıaçık

Gülşen Alnıaçık

Şevket Altuğ

Şevket Altuğ

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When was We Called Him the Ugly King released?

We Called Him the Ugly King was released on January 1, 1987.

Who directed We Called Him the Ugly King?

We Called Him the Ugly King was directed by Claude Weisz.

What genre is We Called Him the Ugly King?

We Called Him the Ugly King is categorized as Documentary.