Four Women in the Harem

Four Women in the Harem

One of the earliest Turkish films to display lesbianism.

1965 · 108 min · ★ 4.7 · Drama, History

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.

Directed by Halit Refiğ · Written by Kemal Tahir

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