Die Kümmeltürkin geht

BR Deutschland 1984/1985 Dokumentarfilm

Summary

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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Credits

Director of photography

Producer

All Credits

Assistant director

Director of photography

Assistant camera

Still photography

Lighting design

Audio mixing

Research

Producer

Unit production manager

Production manager

Original distributor

Shoot

    • 06.08.1984 - 06.10.1984: Berlin/West, Istanbul
Duration:
974 m, 88 min
Format:
16mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 06.02.1987, West 3;
Aufführung (DE): 17.06.2022, Berlin, Jüdisches Filmfestival

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Die Kümmeltürkin geht

Versions

Original

Duration:
974 m, 88 min
Format:
16mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 06.02.1987, West 3;
Aufführung (DE): 17.06.2022, Berlin, Jüdisches Filmfestival

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
88 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Aufführung (DE): 12.09.2023, Frankfurt am Main, Kino des DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum