Melek Leaves

8.0 1985 | 88 min

Documentary

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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Title: Melek Leaves
Original Title: Die Kümmeltürkin geht
Year: 1985
Release Date: February 1, 1985
Rating: 8.0/10 (1 votes)
Popularity: 0.1
Runtime: 88 minutes
Genres: Documentary
Director(s): Jeanine Meerapfel
Writer(s): Jeanine Meerapfel
Producer(s): Klaus Volkenborn
Language: German, Turkish
Country: Germany
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Status: Released
Tagline: 
TMDB ID: 284782
IMDB ID: tt0089450
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089450
TMDB Link: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/284782
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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.
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