Melek Leaves
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.
Runtime
1h 28m
Language
DE
Budget
Undisclosed
Revenue
Undisclosed
Cast
Faces behind the story
Melek Tez
Self
Gülcin Tez
Self
Jeanine Meerapfel
Self (voice)
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