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On the eve of the fall of the Ottoman Empire: in the harem of Sultan Abdulhamit II, the odalisque of Italian origin Safiyè dreams of becoming the sultan's first mistress. To achieve her goal, the girl, aided by the eunuch Nadir, is even willing to kill. But when her dream is finally about to come true, her entire world suddenly collapses: the sultan is exiled, the harem is closed, and the odalisques and eunuchs are abandoned to their fate.Read moreLess
On the eve of the fall of the Ottoman Empire: in the harem of Sultan Abdulhamit II, the odalisque of Italian origin Safiyè dreams of becoming the sultan's first mistress. To achieve her goal, the girl, aided by the eunuch Nadir, is even willing to kill. But when her dream is finally about to come true, her entire world suddenly collapses: the sultan is exiled, the harem is closed, and the odalisques and eunuchs are abandoned to their fate.
The story
On the eve of the fall of the Ottoman Empire: in the harem of Sultan Abdulhamit II, the odalisque of Italian origin Safiyè dreams of becoming the sultan's first mistress. To achieve her goal, the girl, aided by the eunuch Nadir, is even willing to kill. But when her dream is finally about to come true, her entire world suddenly collapses: the sultan is exiled, the harem is closed, and the odalisques and eunuchs are abandoned to their fate.
Cast & crew
Marie GillainSafiye
Alex DescasNadir
Malick BowensMithat
Haluk BilginerAbdülhamit II
Serra YılmazGulfidan
Ayla AlganValide
Nilüfer AçıkalınSelma
Selda ÖzerGuya
Şerif SezerPerran
Başak KöklükayaGülbahar
Pelin BatuCerkez Cariye
Cansel ElçingiornalistaExplore the crew
- Director
- Ferzan Özpetek
- Writer
- Gianni Romoli
- Writer
- Ferzan Özpetek
- Director of Photography
- Pasquale Mari
- Editor
- Mauro Bonanni
- Producer
- Tilde Corsi
- Producer
- Régine Konckier
- Producer
- Jean-Luc Ormières
- Producer
- Asaf Ozpetek
- Producer
- Siddik Ozpetek
- Producer
- Gianni Romoli
- Original Music Composer
- Aldo De Scalzi
- Original Music Composer
- Pivio
- Screenplay
- Ferzan Özpetek
- Screenplay
- Gianni Romoli