Melek Leaves

Melek Leaves — Plot

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.

• Release date
• February 1, 1985
• Runtime
• 88 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Jeanine Meerapfel

Melek Leaves — Cast

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Melek Tez Self

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Gülcin Tez Self Jeanine Meerapfel Self (voice)