Melek Leaves

Country & People/Society, Germany 1985

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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
Audio language:
German

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Composer:

Jakob Lichtmann

Protagonist:

Melek Tez

Original title:

Die Kümmeltürkin geht

Original language:

German

Format:

4:3 HD, Color

Ratings:

FBW "especially valuable"

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

German