''Yasemin'' is a 1988
German-language
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film directed by
Hark Bohm
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. The
international co-production
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of
Turkey
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and
West Germany
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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
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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 was no
macho
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but a really modern nice guy. That way she does play his heartstrings. 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. However, since this is a classic
romantic movie
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, a happy end is inevitable after all.
Cast
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Ayse Romey as Yasemin
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Uwe Bohm as Jan
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Şener Şen as father Yunuf
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Ilhan Emirli as Dursun
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Sevgi Özdamar as mother Dilber
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Toto Karaca
İrma Felekyan, better known as Toto Karaca (18 March 1912 – 22 July 1992), was a Turkish stage actress.
Of Armenian descent, Felekyan was born on March 18, 1912 in the Ottoman Empire. Her mother was Mari Hranuş Felekyan. She learned ballet ...
as aunt Zeynep
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Sebnem Selduez as Nesrin
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Nursel Köse
Nursel Köse (born 29 March 1961) is a Turkish-German actress. She studied and worked in Germany. Köse starred in the internationally acclaimed film ''The Edge of Heaven''. She played Keriman Akçatepe in the TV series '' Paramparça''. as Emine
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Katharina Lehmann as Susanne
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Nedim Hazar
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as Hassan
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Corinna Harfouch
Corinna Harfouch (; née Meffert; 16 October 1954) is a German actress.
Life and work
Harfouch was born in Suhl, East Germany, the daughter of the teacher Wolfgang Meffert and his wife Marianne (née Kleber). She worked as a nurse and stud ...
as teacher Rathjens
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Kaya Gürel
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People
*Kaya (given name)
* Kaya (surname)
Places
* Kaya, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso, capital of the department
*Kaya Airport, serving the town
*Kaya Department, a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in cent ...
as uncle Ibrahim
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Michael Gwisdek as father Eggers
See also
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References
External links
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1988 films
1988 romantic drama films
German romantic drama films
1980s German-language films
West German films
Turkish drama films
Films set in Hamburg
Films shot in Turkey
Films about immigration
Films about race and ethnicity
Films directed by Hark Bohm
1980s German films
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