Die Kümmeltürkin geht

Directed by Jeanine Meerapfel
1 de febrero de 1985    88minDocumental
5.9
In 1970, Melek Tez came to Berlin as a young worker from Turkey. A confident woman, she first countered racist resentments and remarks with irony and wit. Jokingly, she even referred to herself as a "Kümmeltürkin", a derogatory German term for Turkish migrants. Yet after fourteen humiliating years, her fighting spirit has given way to resignation: Melek Tez is returning to Turkey. Blending documentary, interviews and re-enacted scenes, director Jeanine Meerapfel chronicles Melek Tez' life experience.

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  • Melek TezSelf
  • Gülcin TezSelf
  • Jeanine MeerapfelSelf (voice) / Director / Escritor
  • Klaus VolkenbornProductor / Editor
  • Johann FeindtDirector Of Photography
  • Jakob LichtmannMúsica

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