Film
Melek Leaves
Germany- Director
- Jeanine Meerapfel
- Year
- 1985
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.
Top cast
Directed by
Jeanine Meerapfel
Written by
Jeanine Meerapfel
Produced by
Klaus Volkenborn
