Favorite of Selim III (Üçüncü Selim'in Gözdesi) (translated)

Üçüncü Selim'in Gözdesi (Favorite of Selim III) is a 1950 black-and-white Turkish film directed by Vedat Ar. It mixes emotional drama, music and history. Nâzım Hikmet and İhsan İpekçi wrote the screenplay together. Münir Nurettin Selçuk and Perihan Altındağ Sözeri play the leads, and the film is listed with a release date of 1 January 1951.

The story is set in the reign of Sultan Selim III, in the 1790s. The composer Sadullah Ağa falls in love with the sultan's favourite, Mihriban Sultan, and the love lands him in the dungeons. Münir Nurettin Selçuk plays Sadullah Ağa, Perihan Altındağ Sözeri plays Mihriban and Cahit Irgat plays Selim III. The cast also includes Münir Özkul, Pola Morelli, İhsan Evrim, Feridun Çölgeçen, Meral Körmükçü, Şükran Söğüt, Şevkiye May, Muazzez Erdiken, Semiramis Göze and Cemil Demirel.

The production company is İpek Film and the cinematographer is Özen Sermet. The musical side is prominent: Münir Nurettin Selçuk and Perihan Altındağ Sözeri sing the film's songs themselves.