Melek Leaves

Directed by Jeanine Meerapfel
1985    88mDocumentary
5.8
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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Cast of Melek Leaves

  • Melek TezSelf
  • Gülcin TezSelf
  • Jeanine MeerapfelSelf (voice) / Director / Writer
  • Klaus VolkenbornProducer

 

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