The Legend of the Ugly King
Trailer: The Legend of the Ugly King
Year: 2017
Genre: Documentary
Studio: mîtosfilm
Director: Hüseyin Tabak
Cast: Yılmaz Güney, Tarık Akan, Patrick Blossier, Costa-Gavras, Halil Ergün, Michael Haneke
Crew: Hüseyin Tabak (Director), Lukas Gnaiger (Director of Photography), Christoph Loidl (Editor), Andrew Bird (Editor), Mehmet Aktaş (Producer), Judit Varga (Music)
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