Yılmaz Güney
Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor.
He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey. Güney won the Palme d'Or with the film 'Yol' he co-produced with Şerif Gören at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982. He was at constant odds with the Turkish government because of his portrayals of Kurdish culture, people and language in his movies.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3591 |
| Birthday | 1937-04-01 |
| Place of Birth | Adana, Turkey |
| Also Known As | Çirkin Kral, Йылмаз Гюней, یەڵماز گیونەی, |
1965
Torpido Yılmaz
8/1
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Torpido Yılmaz
2017
The Legend of the Ugly King
7/7
Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed t...
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The Legend of the Ugly King
1987
We Called Him the Ugly King
10/1
A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney, shot three years after the filmmaker's death. It...
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We Called Him the Ugly King
1965
Kahreden Kurşun
9/1
Yılmaz and a friend go to a bar called Maça Kızı. Yılmaz meets a girl there. The girl's mysterious demeanor suggests that she knows something. After a...
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Kahreden Kurşun
1965
Gönül Kuşu
10/1
A wealthy businessman places an advertisement in the newspaper to marry off his college student daughter. The intriguing marriage ad catches the atten...
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Gönül Kuşu
1964
Mor Defter
8/1
The film tells the story of how Suphi brings together the people around him in the imaginary world he has created. Suphi's girlfriend İffet dies in an...
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Mor Defter
1969
The Hungry Wolves
4.714/7
Memed is a fugitive with a sole purpose to find and execute bandits in the mountains to avenge the death of his wife. One day he saves a woman from th...
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The Hungry Wolves
1971
Çirkin ve Cesur
8/1
The film deals with the hardships of village life, telling of the cruelty of the village chief towards the villagers. Despite these hardships, it tell...
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Çirkin ve Cesur
1967
Bullets Won't Touch Me
8/1
Yadigar goes to Istanbul from the village to make money. Becomes a famous bully in four years.
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Bullets Won't Touch Me
1967
Kurbanlık Katil
10/1
Mustafa, known by the nickname "Ipsiz," is a drunkard and a wine lover. He spends the 3-5 kuruş he earns in taverns and is despised by everyone around...
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Kurbanlık Katil
1985
Elegy
6.067/15
Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccesable mountains. They are hard, pitiless men like the county they live in, whos...
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Elegy
1966
Law of the Border
6.271/35
In Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in smuggling and gets shot. Hidir tries to stay out of illegal...
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Law of the Border
1964
Ten Fearless Men
8/2
The heroic epic of Turkish youth against Greek gangs in Cyprus.
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Ten Fearless Men
1975
The Poor
6.333/3
The semi-melodramatic story of three poor friends who met in prison where have been sent to on various offenses. These three friends do not want to ge...
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The Poor
1959
The Fallow Deer
10/1
During a day of deer hunting, Karaca Ali Aga (Talat Gözbak) finds a girl wandering around, and immediately falls in love with her. Some time later, wh...
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The Fallow Deer
1958
This Land's Children
8/1
During the dark days of the war of independence, Kemal (Ali Ekdal) sneaks his way to deliver the secret letter to Ankara.
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This Land's Children
1967
Red River, Black Sheep
5.571/7
The daughter of the lord of the village and a poor herdsman cannot get married for traditional reasons, but the village elders find a way out of this...
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Red River, Black Sheep
1965
I Live When I Die
10/1
Duygu Sagiroglu, known as an art director, depicts the class conflict and exposes the injustice and contradictions of the modern Turkish life. Yilmaz...
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I Live When I Die
1963
Both Were Brave
8/1
The film is about two gangsters facing each other. Yalçın is the most notorious gangster in the city. He plans to leave the city with Figen and give u...
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Both Were Brave
1965
Sayılı Kabadayılar
10/1
A whole gang of racketeers in Istanbul share their interests in the next amnesty proclamation, for Osman (Yilmaz Güney), lying in prison for murder, b...
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Sayılı Kabadayılar
1971
Pain
10/1
Ali grew up as an orphan in a village in Kapadokia and became one of Haceli´s henchmen who is the village´s mafia boss. On his orders Ali killed the y...
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Pain
1974
Friend
7.139/18
After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has become a successful businessman and has found a...
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Friend
1971
The Father
7.8/10
"Baba" is a bitter melodrama set in Istambul. A father is not able to earn enough money to feed his family. He is waiting to emigrate to Germany. When...
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The Father
1967
Kozanoğlu
7/1
Hüseyin's father, who is a member of the Kozanoglu tribe, dies when he does not pay the fee requested by the Bey. Upon this situation, Hüseyin takes a...
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Kozanoğlu
1975
İnce Memed Vuruldu
0/0
A notorious bandit known as İnce Memed falls in love with club singer Sabah, but when he travels to Istanbul to propose, criminals mistakenly murder h...
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İnce Memed Vuruldu
2016
Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney
0/0
Having spent ten years of his life in prisons, Güney escaped from Isparta Semi-Open Prison in 1981 and went to Paris, where he would spend the last ye...
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Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney
1970
Şeytan Kayaları
9/1
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Şeytan Kayaları
1964
Prangasız Mahkumlar
10/1
Yilmaz is released from prison, while trying to talk to the girl he loves, on the other hand, he embarks on a tough struggle against the order establi...
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Prangasız Mahkumlar
1966
Silahların Kanunu
9/1
The film is about a cop who switches places with a criminal who robbed a bank. Yılmaz Ali stole a bunch of gold from the bank. He left the gold with h...
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Silahların Kanunu
1983
Autour du mur
0/0
One year after director Yilmaz Guney escaped from a Turkish prison, he started shooting his film the Wall on the injustices of the military regime in...
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Autour du mur
1970
Live Target
6.5/3
An old mafia leader tries to quit his old bloody past after getting out of jail but his rivals don't let him realize his plan. Asim Mavzer, played by...
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Live Target
1970
Hope
7.333/51
After losing one of his horses in an accident, an illiterate horse cab driver sets out into the desert in a quest for a mythical lost treasure.
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Hope
2014
Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause
0/0
A documentary that explore the films and eventful life of the Kurdish director, actor, writer and revolutionary Yilmaz Güney, who achieved internation...
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Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause
1966
The Ugly King
8/1
The story of a detective trying to solve the mafia showdown.
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The Ugly King
1970
Son Kızgın Adam
9/1
During a robbery, Yılmaz is caught by the police. He hides the stolen money for later and flees to a village, wounded. He falls in love with Selma, wh...
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Son Kızgın Adam
1968
Bride of the Earth
5.941/17
In this rural revenge drama, Güney plays Seyyit Han, a poor man in love with a woman from his Anatolian village who returns his affection. Seyyit Han...
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Bride of the Earth
1970
Yedi Belalılar
5.667/3
The Magnificent Seven, Turksploitation style.
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Yedi Belalılar
1970
Zeyno
8/1
Murat and Zeynep are deeply in love, but there is a major obstacle standing in the way of their love. The two lovers have been defeated by a blood feu...
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Zeyno
1971
The Hopeless Ones
7.417/6
A romance between Firat and Çigdem.
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The Hopeless Ones
1965
Tehlikeli Adam
8/1
The film tells the story of a man trying to find his wife's killer. Returning from a business trip, Yılmaz finds his wife Gülsüm dead. The police then...
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Tehlikeli Adam
1966
Kovboy Ali
7/1
The story of a young man who, influenced by a movie he watched, aspires to become a cowboy.
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Kovboy Ali
1968
Azrail Benim
10/1
A kind-hearted local tough, haunted by his reputation, struggles to reconcile his violent past with his desire to protect the vulnerable in his commun...
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Azrail Benim
1967
My Name Is Kerim
9/1
The story of an undercover cop living with his son.
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My Name Is Kerim
1968
Aslan Bey
0/0
Aslan Bey infiltrates the headquarters disguised as a Russian lieutenant.
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Aslan Bey
1966
Horse, Woman and Gun
10/1
Raised on the mountain like a son, Alicik's path intersects with pure and clean mayfly. The love between the two becomes a challenge to life.
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Horse, Woman and Gun
1969
Belanın Yedi Türlüsü
8/1
The story follows Zaza Seyhmus, whose life is upended when his father is murdered. Driven by the need for revenge, he ventures into Istanbul’s murky u...
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Belanın Yedi Türlüsü
1968
Beyoğlu Canavarı
8/1
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Beyoğlu Canavarı
1967
Balatlı Arif
8/2
Arif is a young man who lives with his family in Balat. He supports his family by working as his father's horse carriage driver. Gülşen, the long-time...
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Balatlı Arif
1968
Nuri the Flea
10/1
Pire Nuri has just been released from prison. However, as soon as he gets out, he gets involved in illegal activities again and ends up at the police...
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Nuri the Flea
1969
Kan Su Gibi Akacak
0/0
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Kan Su Gibi Akacak
1966
Eşrefpaşalı
7/1
The film depicts Kudret's struggle against Ali Bey and his men, as he refuses to leave his neighborhood. Ali Bey, who has made a deal with the America...
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Eşrefpaşalı
1967
Büyük Cellatlar
9/1
Kerim Şamil, the head of a notorious executioner syndicate, finds himself in a deadly confrontation when his own organization turns against him.
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Büyük Cellatlar
1969
Bin Defa Ölürüm
8/1
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Bin Defa Ölürüm
1971
Silah ve Namus
8/1
A man who earns his living as a driver is forced to become a hired killer as a result of unexpected events that befall him. And his struggle to escape...
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Silah ve Namus
1971
The Profiteers
10/1
The story of two profiteers, Kont and Cessi, captures a valuable diamond causing the mafia go after them.
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The Profiteers
1965
Dağların Oğlu
0/0
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Dağların Oğlu
1966
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
7/1
The film tells the story of Yusuf and Gül, who are planning to get married, and their lives that are turned upside down. Yusuf is a worker at an iron...
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Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1971
Tomorrow is The Last Day
9/1
Gangsters and lovers Black Child (Guney) and Blue Child (Girik) decide to live a quiet and simple life away from crime. But their enemies and police a...
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Tomorrow is The Last Day
1987
Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films
10/1
A documentary detailing the extraordinary life and career of Turkish actor and director Yilmaz Güney, who wrote many of his films from prison and brok...
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Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films
1964
Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası
10/1
Belma is a beautiful and charming woman who makes everyone's head spin. All the men in the village are in love with her.
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Kocaoğlan: Aşk Budalası
1971
Sezercik Yavrum Benim
5.273/11
A fatherless child and his mother struggle to make ends meet meanwhile the fatherless child is not aware that the strange he has met is actually his f...
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Sezercik Yavrum Benim
1969
An Ugly Man
9/1
Bino is a contract killer. The owners of a dance hall hires Bino to kill Hayati Hamzaoglu, who collects tribute from their business. Bino is paid by t...
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An Ugly Man
1967
Kuduz Recep
9/1
The film tells the story of a gang leader who helps in the national struggle. Paşa receives gold from foreign powers in order to neutralize the Nation...
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Kuduz Recep
1967
İnce Cumali
5.5/2
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İnce Cumali
1967
Banus, the Horse Thief
7/1
The film tells the story of a man who falls in love with a woman he kidnapped for someone else. Sadık Ağa wants Rasim Ağa's daughter Zeynep. However,...
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Banus, the Horse Thief
1971
Fugitives
9/1
Osman kidnaps Elif with a focus on his goal, but things will not go as expected. A naive and sensitive bond will be formed between this extremely cute...
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Fugitives
1970
Private Osman
8/1
A photographer who is a well known criminal gets his hands full when an old flame reporter starts throwing him in the headlines.
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Private Osman
1959
Tütün Zamanı
7/1
Zeliş and Cemal are neighbors. The two young people, who are in love with each other, dream of getting married. However, Zeliş's father, Recep, plans...
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Tütün Zamanı
1967
Çirkin Kral Affetmez
10/1
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Çirkin Kral Affetmez
1961
Tatlı Bela
10/1
The film tells the story of a young man who starts working for a wealthy family. Osman works for a gardener. He begins working at the mansion of a wea...
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Tatlı Bela
1965
Sokakta Kan Vardı
7/1
The story of a journalist and a prostitution ring that leads young girls astray. Faruk, who is married to the daughter of a media mogul and has one ch...
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Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965
Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü
10/1
The film is about two friends trying to take down a crime gang. Metin, who was recently suspended from his job as a police officer, is making a living...
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Kan Gövdeyi Götürdü
1964
Kamalı Zeybek
9/1
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Kamalı Zeybek
1965
Krallar Kralı
6/2
It tells the story of how Murat's life changed when he was caught committing a robbery. While searching for a way out of his poverty, Murat gets invol...
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Krallar Kralı
1964
Kara Şahin
8/1
The film tells the story of Kara Şahin, a brave hero who fights against injustice and also searches for love.
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Kara Şahin
1972
Sahtekar
7/1
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Sahtekar
1966
Kibar Haydut
7/1
A man who has been wanted by the police for a long time disguises himself as a stowaway and hides on a passenger ship. The owner of the passenger ship...
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Kibar Haydut
1971
The Warning
7/1
The story of the murderer nicknamed Doctor who escaped from prison.
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The Warning
1982
Room 666
6.588/57
During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asked a number of global film directors to, one at a time, go into a hotel room, turn on the camera,...
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Room 666
1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
8/1
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Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
1995
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
10/1
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Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
1969
Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı
10/1
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Çifte Tabancalı Kabadayı
1965
Konyakçı
9/1
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Konyakçı
1965
Kasımpaşalı Recep
9/1
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Kasımpaşalı Recep
1960
Dolandırıcılar Şahı
10/1
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Dolandırıcılar Şahı
1964
Zımba Gibi Delikanlı
7/1
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Zımba Gibi Delikanlı
1965
Beyaz Atlı Adam
8/1
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Beyaz Atlı Adam
1966
Ve Silahlara Veda
7/1
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Ve Silahlara Veda
1967
Eşkıya Celladı
10/1
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Eşkıya Celladı
1970
Sevgili Muhafızım
7/1
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Sevgili Muhafızım
1968
Beyaz Atlı’nın Dönüşü
0/0
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Beyaz Atlı’nın Dönüşü
1968
Öldürmek Hakkımdır
10/1
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Öldürmek Hakkımdır
1969
Güney Ölüm Saçıyor
9/1
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Güney Ölüm Saçıyor
1968
Kargacı Halil
10/1
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Kargacı Halil
1967
Şeytanın Oğlu
7/1
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