Yasemin
Sign in to saveYasemin is a 1988 German-language film directed by Hark Bohm. The international co-production of Turkey and West Germany was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but didn't obtain a nomination. It was also entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.
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6.3Yasemin is a 17-year old Turkish girl who lives with her parents in Hamburg-Altona, Germany. While her mother and father accept that Yasemin has her own German friends, they also expect her to honor the traditions of their country of origin. The arrival of Jan, a German student aged 21, throws this situation into conflict.
Released: 1988-05-0585 minDir: Hark BohmDrama, Romance
Cast
- Ayse Romey as Yasemin
- Uwe Bohm as Jan
- Şener Şen as Vater Yusuf
- Illhan Emirli as Dursun
- Sevgi Özdamar as Mutter Dilber
- Toto Karaca as Tante Zeynep
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Yasemin
- Film.image
- Yasemin.jpg
- Film.director
- Hark Bohm
- Film.producer
- Hark Bohm
- Film.writer
- Hark Bohm
- Film.starring
- Ayse Romey
- Film.cinematography
- Sławomir Idziak
- Film.editing
- Moune Barius
- Film.runtime
- 85 minutes
- Film.language
- German
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Key dates
- Published
- 5 May 1988
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- German
- Director
- Hark Bohm
- Screenwriter
- Hark Bohm
- Cast member
- Michael Gwisdek
- Cinematographer
- Sławomir Idziak
- Narrative location
- Hamburg
- Filming location
- Turkey
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Yasemin is a 1988 German-language film directed by Hark Bohm. The international co-production of Turkey and West Germany was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but didn't obtain a nomination. It was also entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.
==Plot== West Germany, 1988. Yasemin and Jan are in the same judo club. Yasemin is a modern young Turkish woman. Jan is an old-fashioned womaniser. When his friends bet he cannot have Yasemin he sees this as a welcome challenge. He plays his best tricks on Yasemin who eventually takes to him because she is led to believe he is no macho but a really modern nice guy. He feels ashamed to have approached her just to impress his friends. Unfortunately this truth is eventually disclosed to her, and when it is, he is dismayed by the harm he has done. Things are further complicated by her father's disapproval of their relationship.