![Poster of the movie The Legend of the Ugly King [2017]](/images/posters/1000x1500/13/the-legend-of-the-ugly-king-2017-i-movie-poster.jpg)
2017 Biography documentary
2h 2min
They called him The Ugly King! Who was Yilmaz Güney? A highly talented director? A revolutioner? A murderer? A genius or a lunatic? Director Hüseyin Tabak is looking for answers about the Kurdish filmmaker from Turkey. Güney was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. For political reasons but also for murdering a judge. He started making movies from jail.
| Directed by | Hüseyin Tabak |
| Written by | Hüseyin Tabak |
| Original lang. | English, Turkish, German, French |
| Country | Germany/Austria |