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
Marie Gillain
Safiye
Alex Descas
Nadir
Valeria Golino
Anita
Lucia Bosè
Safiye Anziana
Serra Yılmaz
Gulfidan
Haluk Bilginer
Abdülhamit II
Malick Bowens
Mithat
Şerif Sezer
Perran
Cristoph Aquilon
Sümbül
Selda Özer
Guya
Cansel Elçin
giornalista
Gaia Narcisi
Aliye
Pelin Batu
Cerkez Cariye
Ayla Algan
Valide
Nilüfer Açıkalın
Selma
Ali Başar
Komutan Halit
Başak Köklükaya
Gülbahar
Crew
Ferzan Özpetek
Director, Writer, Screenplay, Story, Idea
Gianni Romoli
Writer, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Idea
Mauro Bonanni
Editor
Alessandra Bonanni
Assistant Editor
Sabrina Quartullo
Assistant Editor, Dialogue Editor
Pasquale Mari
Director of Photography, Cinematography
Gianluca Mazzella
First Assistant Director
Arzu Volkan
Second Assistant Director
Abdullah Baykal
Executive Producer
Erik Paoletti
Production Supervisor
Barbara Ruggeri
Production Supervisor
Tilde Corsi
Producer
Régine Konckier
Producer
Jean-Luc Ormières
Producer
Asaf Ozpetek
Producer
Siddik Ozpetek
Producer
Ali Ercivan
Production Assistant
Asli Kaygusuz Emek
Production Assistant
Mehtap Köroğlu
Production Assistant
Florence Ridoux
Production Assistant
Sadun Demirkapu
Camera Operator
Renaud Personnaz
Camera Operator
Ernesto Natoli
First Assistant Camera
Daria D'Antonio
Second Assistant Camera
Cihan Can
Casting
Alfonsina Lettieri
Costume Designer
Claudette Lilly
Costume Assistant
Carlo Barucci
Hair Department Head
Maurizio Fazzini
Makeup Department Head
Ermanno Spera
Assistant Makeup Artist
Luca Anzellotti
Sound Effects Editor
Aziz Acar
Sound
Stefano Savino
Sound
Oz Yilmaz
Boom Operator
Christian Zampagni
Boom Operator
Massimo Anzellotti
Foley Artist
Hamit Fenerli
Lighting Technician
David Bush
Visual Effects Supervisor
Alessandro Saponi
Visual Effects
Aldo De Scalzi
Original Music Composer, Music
Pivio
Original Music Composer, Music
Laura Cimarelli
Accountant
Raffaella Giovannetti
Assistant Set Decoration
Luca Tranchino
Set Designer
Giuseppe De Luca
Props
Romolo Eucalitto
Still Photographer
Laura Currelli
Script Supervisor
Ettore Abate
Electrician
Vito Colazzo
Location Manager
Riccardo Neri
Production Manager
Bruno Cesari
Art Direction
Mustafa Ziya Ülkenciler
Art Direction
Germana Pierucci
Production Secretary
Edmondo Tarquini
Production Secretary
