Victim of Lust (Şehvet Kurbanı) (translated)

Şehvet Kurbanı (The Victim of Lust) is a 1940 Turkish drama directed by Muhsin Ertuğrul from a script by Nâzım Hikmet. It is adapted from The Blue Angel (1930), the film that made Marlene Dietrich known. It opened at the İpek cinema on 6 June 1940, distributed by İpek Film, with Fitaş Film also credited, and runs 73 minutes. It was shot at Haydarpaşa Station and in studios in Maltepe, Mecidiyeköy and Eminönü in Istanbul. It is known as the first Turkish fiction film to show Adana.

Ahmet Barksever, a bank teller, lives an orderly, happy life with his wife and two children. He is sent to Adana to collect a payment. On the train a woman enters his compartment, and he talks with her and is drawn to her. She is in fact a swindler working with an accomplice, and she has learned that Ahmet is about to receive a large sum. They spend the night together, and once Ahmet has collected the money she steals it. He realises and goes after the two of them. What follows turns the film into a story of Ahmet's struggle with his own pride and his longing for his family.

Muhsin Ertuğrul himself plays Ahmet Barksever. Cahide Sonku, Ferdi Tayfur, Suavi Tedü and Nevin Akkaya have the main parts, and the cast also lists Cahit Irgat, Refik Kemal Arduman, Mümtaz Ener and Atıf Kaptan.