Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestA two-part minseries about a beautiful woman who, at the turn of the century, is kidnapped and sold into a Turkish harem where, as she struggles to protect her life and virtue, she becomes embroiled in the historical tensions and sensuous decadence of the times.
Acting
Nancy Travis carries this entire miniseries on sheer defiant presence.
Production
Lavish harem sets that critique the very decadence they display.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Yugoslavia standing in for Ottoman Turkey because 1986 budgets were wild.
This aired the same year as The Lover and Dangerous Liaisons — 1986 really said 'repressed desire with gorgeous suffering' and we all showed up.
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