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47% Critic Match
Four Women in the Harem
“One of the earliest Turkish films to display lesbianism.”
4.7 / 10• 1965• 1h 48m•NR• Turkish
DramaHistory
Storyline
Sadık Pasha is a pleasure-loving and pious pasha who lives in a luxurious Ottoman mansion with his three wives. The balance of the mansion, already full of intrigue with three women, is completely disrupted when he wants to take a fourth wife, thinking that he needs to continue his lineage because he has no children.
Cast & Crew
Tanju Gürsu
Rüştü
Lead
Nilüfer Aydan
Ruhşan
Pervin Par
Gülfem
Cüneyt Arkın
Dr. Cemal
Sami Ayanoğlu
Sadık Paşa
Ayfer Feray
Şevkidil
Birsen Menekşeli
Mihrengiz
Gülbin Eray
Mademoiselle
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Halit Refiğ's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Four Women in the Harem is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
