Actress Meltem Kaptan wins film award
Created: 06/24/2022, 20:27
Actress Meltem Kaptan cries with joy with Lola in the category "Best Soft Lead".
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Actress Meltem Kaptan won Lola as best actress at the German Film Awards.
She was honored for her role in the drama Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush.
In it she plays the mother of longtime Guantánamo prisoner Murat Kurnaz - in the film she tries to free her son from the US prison camp.
"Old Swede," said Kaptan on Friday evening and thanked the Academy, the other nominated women and their families, among others.
Berlin - In her acceptance speech, Kaptan also acknowledged the lifetime achievements of lawyer Bernhard Docke and Rabiye Kurnaz, both of whom were sitting in the hall.
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