YOL - The Road to Exile. The Book.

How, from prison, Yilmaz Güney wrote and oversaw the shooting of his film YOL. How he arranged his escape to Switzerland and was crowned with the Palme d'Or in Cannes 1982. In this detailed and richly illustrated book, Edi Hubschmid tells a story that is exciting as it is daring. It is also a drama. For years, the Turkish government had condemned the Kurdish Turk Yilmaz Güney, the popular actor, screenwriter and director, for being a Marxist. In 1974, after a shooting incident in a café, Güney was arrested. In 1976, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison. Güney's film YOL was a critique of repressive Turkey of the day - a society enslaved by the yoke of honor and revenge. And today still, YOL remains a relevant critique of the Turkish state, exacerbated by the president's dictorial policies and the increasingly brutal repression of the Kurds. In a book as gripping as a thriller, Edi Hubschmid describes how events unfolded with the production of YOL, Güney's successful escape from prison, his exile in Switzerland, and the completion of the film in France in secret locations. Turkey had requested Interpol issue an international arrest warrant, and Güney remained in France, where he was well hidden by the Swiss. When YOL premiered in May at the Cannes Festival, the film received the Palme d'Or jointly with Missing by Costa-Gavras.

Edi Hubschmid began his career in the film industry in the 1970s as location and production manager ans assistant director. As a freelance film technician, he was involved in Swiss, German, French and US feature films. +79-1984 as co-founder of Cactus Film AG and co-producer of the following films, among others: GLUT by Thomas Koerfer, YOL by Yilmaz Güney (Golden Palm, Cannes 1982 and Zurich Film Prize 1983).1985 founded his own production company, Edi Hubschmid AG. He was executive producer for Condor Films, including: Der Grüne Heinrich by Thomas Koerfer, The Lost Daughter by Roger Cardinal, The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field by Yossi Somer. Own productions: Liebeserklärung by Georg Janett, Ursula Bischof and Edi Hubschmid, Leo Sonnyboy by Rolf Lyssy. 1999-2005 Co-founder of C-Films AG and producer: Spuren im Eis by Walter Weber, Das Mädchen aus der Fremde by Peter Reichenbach and Peter Indergand, Azzurro by Denis Rabaglia. Since 2005 and sales of his shares, he has worked as an consultant on projects such 180 Grad by Cihan Inan and Marcell, Marcello by Denis Rabaglia. He is also writing screenplays: Kleine Fische filmed by Petra Volpe, Man kennt das Lied (und das Spiel), a screenplay for a Swiss Musical Film, Forbidden (project), Blatter vs. Blatter (project). www.imdb.com, www.yol-the-book.com.