Melek Leaves
1985, German. Directed by Jeanine Meerapfel.
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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- 1h 28m
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- Language
- German
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- Released
- 1 February 1985
- Original title
- Die Kümmeltürkin geht
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Jeanine Meerapfel
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Who directed Melek Leaves?
Melek Leaves (1985) was directed by Jeanine Meerapfel and stars Melek Tez, Gülcin Tez, Jeanine Meerapfel.