Deceased

How Did Yılmaz Güney Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 47

Also known asÇirkin Kral, Йылмаз Гюней, یەڵماز گیونەیGenderMaleNationalitystatelessnessBorn01/04/1937Born inAdana, TurkeyDied09/09/1984 (aged 47)Died inParisCausestomach cancerWikidataQ126693 ↗Buried atGrave of Güney, Père Lachaise CemeteryTMDb#145352 ↗

Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made from a far-left perspective and devoted to the plight of working-class people in Turkey. Güney won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982 for the film Yol which he co-directed with Şerif Gören.

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Filmography71 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1995	Yılmaz Güney: Adana-ParisMovie	—	58
1985	ElegyMovie	Çobanoğlu	48
1975	The PoorMovie	Abuzer	38
1974	Spécial cinémaSeries	Self	37
1972	SahtekarMovie	Bülent Akif	35
1971	The Hopeless OnesMovie	Firat	34
1971	Sezercik Yavrum BenimMovie	Self (Konuk Oyuncu)	34
1971	Çirkin ve CesurMovie	—	34
1971	The FatherMovie	Cemal	34
1971	Silah ve NamusMovie	İlyas	34
1971	Tomorrow is The Last DayMovie	Kara Çocuk	34
1971	The WarningMovie	Doktor	34
1970	Live TargetMovie	Asim Mavzer	33
1970	Şeytan KayalarıMovie	Ali	33
1970	HopeMovie	Cabbar	33
1970	Yedi BelalılarMovie	Banos	33
1970	Private OsmanMovie	Piyade Osman	33
1970	ZeynoMovie	Murat	33
1970	Son Kızgın AdamMovie	—	33
1969	Altın KozaSeries	Self - Winner	32
1969	Çifte Tabancalı KabadayıMovie	Rıfat	32
1969	Bin Defa ÖlürümMovie	Rıfat	32
1969	The Hungry WolvesMovie	Serçe Memet	32
1969	Güney Ölüm SaçıyorMovie	Güney	32
1968	Beyaz Atlı’nın DönüşüMovie	—	31
1968	Bride of the EarthMovie	Seyyit	31
1968	Beyoğlu CanavarıMovie	Kadir	31
1968	Aslan BeyMovie	Aslan Bey	31
1968	Azrail BenimMovie	Büyük Örfi	31
1968	Nuri the FleaMovie	Pire Nuri	31
1967	Eşkıya CelladıMovie	Kerim / Satılmış / Durali	30
1967	İnce CumaliMovie	Cumali	30
1967	Bullets Won't Touch MeMovie	Yadigar	30
1967	Kuduz RecepMovie	Kuduz Recep	30
1967	Red River, Black SheepMovie	Ali Haydar	30
1967	My Name Is KerimMovie	—	30
1967	Çirkin Kral AffetmezMovie	Yusuf Dağcı	30
1967	Büyük CellatlarMovie	Samil	30
1967	KozanoğluMovie	Kozanoğlu Hüseyin	30
1967	Banus, the Horse ThiefMovie	—	30
1967	Kurbanlık KatilMovie	Mustafa	30
1966	The Ugly KingMovie	Çirkin Kral	29
1966	Law of the BorderMovie	Hıdır	29
1966	Silahların KanunuMovie	Metin Demir	29
1966	Yiğit Yaralı OlurMovie	Yusuf	29
1966	Horse, Woman and GunMovie	Yusufcuk	29
1965	Kahreden KurşunMovie	Metin	28
1965	Kan Gövdeyi GötürdüMovie	Metin	28
1965	Tehlikeli AdamMovie	—	28
1965	Sokakta Kan VardıMovie	Turgut	28
1965	Torpido YılmazMovie	Yilmaz	28
1965	Krallar KralıMovie	Murat	28
1965	Beyaz Atlı AdamMovie	Beyaz Atlı Adam	28
1965	I Live When I DieMovie	—	28
1965	Sayılı KabadayılarMovie	Osman	28
1965	KonyakçıMovie	Konyakçı	28
1965	Kasımpaşalı RecepMovie	Recep	28
1965	Dağların OğluMovie	Ahmet	28
1965	Gönül KuşuMovie	—	28
1965	Üçünüzü de mıhlarımMovie	Yılmaz	28
1964	Mor DefterMovie	Suphi	27
1964	Kocaoğlan: Aşk BudalasıMovie	Kemal	27
1964	Kara ŞahinMovie	Sahin	27
1964	Kamalı ZeybekMovie	Kamali Zeybek	27
1964	Zımba Gibi DelikanlıMovie	Yılmaz	27
1963	Both Were BraveMovie	Ali Duran	26
1961	Tatlı BelaMovie	Erdoğan	24
1960	Dolandırıcılar ŞahıMovie	Benzinci Genç	23
1959	The Fallow DeerMovie	Halil	22
1959	Tütün ZamanıMovie	Cemal	22
1958	This Land's ChildrenMovie	—	21