The legend of the ugly king

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documentary
Original title The legend of the ugly king
Country of production Germany , Austria
original language Turkish , English , French , German
Publishing year 2017
length 122 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Hüseyin tobacco
production Mehmet Aktaş ,
Josef Aichholzer ,
Hüseyin Tabak
music Judit Varga
camera Lukas Gnaiger
cut Christoph Loidl ,
Andrew Bird

The Legend of the Ugly King is a German-Austrian documentary film that illuminates the eventful life of the Kurdish-Turkish actor, director and author Yılmaz Güney . The film celebrated its world premiere in September 2017 at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival .

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In The Legend of the Ugly King , director Hüseyin Tabak embarks on a research trip that takes him to the places and people who shaped the life of Yılmaz Güney , who died in 1984 . Starting from the artistic high point in Güney's life - winning the Golden Palm in 1982 for the film Yol - his eventful life between the star hype, prison stays, revolutionary efforts and the struggle for a functioning family life is examined. Güney's Kurdish origins, his socialist sentiments and the resulting political opposition to the Turkish state also play an important role . Towards the end of the film, the circumstances of the escape from the Turkish prison on İmralı come into focus.

Protagonists (selection)

style

The Legend of the Ugly King is a film whose plot is mainly driven by film clips by and with Güney, archival material and interviews with companions and family. There are also sections that are reminiscent of the road movie genre , in which director Tobacco travels through France and Turkey to visit the places that shaped Güney's life.

Since the interviews and film excerpts are all in the protagonists' mother tongue, the entire film is subtitled.

Production and evaluation

The Legend of the Ugly King was produced by the German production company Mitosfilm ( Memories On Stone ) and the Austrian Aichholzer Filmproduktion ( Die Fälscher ). The film was financed by funds from the Austrian Film Institute , the ORF ( Film and Television Agreement ) and the Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Film Fund .

Director Hüseyin Tabak began researching as early as 2010 and the film was shot with interruptions over a period of around 4 years, from the beginning of 2013 to the end of 2016, in Turkey, France, Germany and Austria.

The world premiere took place on September 15, 2017 during the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival in the TIFF Docs section. The Austrian theatrical release was on May 25, 2018 in the distribution of the Filmladen and in Germany on October 18, 2018 in the distribution of Mitosfilm .

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for The Legend of the Ugly King . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 183212 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ a b The Legend of the Ugly King. In: Toronto International Film Festival. Accessed April 30, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Austrian Film Institute - The Legend of the Ugly King. Retrieved April 30, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Köksal Baltaci: The power of the test audience. In: diePresse.com. July 14, 2016, accessed April 30, 2018 .
  5. ↑ The Legend of the Ugly King. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 4, 2020 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  6. ^ Margret Köhler: That was the 51st Hof Film Festival. In: Kameramann.de. Retrieved April 30, 2018 .
  7. ↑ The juries of the 23rd Turkey Germany Film Festival have decided. In: Film Festival Turkey / Germany. Retrieved April 4, 2020 .