The Ugly King / 1966

The story of a detective trying to solve the mafia showdown.

Çirkin Kral Affetmez / 1967

We Called Him the Ugly King / 1987

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.

Aynalar: Çirkin Kral / 1996

The Legend of the Ugly King / 2018

Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later.