Salkim Hanim’in Taneleri (1999)

movie

(1528)

Country: Turkey
Genres: Drama, History
Release: 1999-11-19
Director: Tomris Giritlioglu , Hakan Eser
Writers: Yilmaz Karakoyunlu , Tamer Baran , Etyen Mahçupyan
Language: Turkish
Stars: Hülya Avsar , Zuhal Olcay , Kamran Usluer , Zafer Algöz , Ugur Polat , Derya Alabora , Güven Kiraç , Murat Daltaban , Nurseli Idiz , Yavuz Bingöl
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: 14 wins & 12 nominations
AKA: Salkim Hanim'in Taneleri , Les diamants de Mme Salkim (France, French Republic) , Mrs. Salkims Diamanten (Germany) , Драгоценности госпожи Салким (Russian Federation) , Salkim Hanim'in Taneleri (Turkey) , Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds (United States of America) , Mrs. Salkim's Diamonds
Plot: The film is set during the period of the Varlik Vergisi where many non-Muslims were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Around two thousand non-Muslims, who could not pay the amount demanded for the tax within the time-limit of thirty days, were arrested and sent to a forced labor camp in Askale in the Erzurum Province of eastern Turkey. Twenty-one of these laborers died there.
IMDB:tt0156038