Four Women in the Harem(1965)
One of the earliest Turkish films to display lesbianism.
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.
Movie: Four Women in the Harem
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rüştü
Ruhşan
Gülfem
Dr. Cemal
Sadık Paşa
Şevkidil
Mihrengiz
Mademoiselle
Kara Ali
Dilber
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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.
Release Date
1965-01-01
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4.5
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One of the earliest Turkish films to display lesbianism.
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