Melek Leaves
Biography/Country & People, Germany 1985
Not available in your country
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.
89 min
HD
FSK 12
German
More information
More information
Director:
Writer:
DOP:
Editor:
Composer:
Producer:
Protagonist:
Original title:
Die Kümmeltürkin geht
Original language:
German
Format:
4:3 HD, Color
Ratings:
FBW "especially valuable"
Age rating:
FSK 12
Audio language:
German