Die Kümmeltürkin geht (1985)

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.

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Melek Tez
as Self

Gülcin Tez
as Self

Jeanine Meerapfel
as Self (voice)

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Johann Feindt
Director of Photography

Jeanine Meerapfel
Director

Jeanine Meerapfel
Writer

Klaus Volkenborn
Producer

Klaus Volkenborn
Editor

Jakob Lichtmann
Music

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