Omar the slave trader, decides to give his newest slave, the blonde and
virginal Englishwoman Eliza (Ingrid Steeger) as a present to the Bey of
Tunis (Claus Tinney), but when the Bey wants to deflower her, Eliza puts
up a fight and scratches his face. This makes the Bey furious, and he has
her stripped and whipped, torturing her for about a week ... and
eventually he manages to break her in and take her virginity.
Meanwhile, back at Omar's place, Omar learns that Eliza has scratched
the Bey's face, and think he has to go to the Bey to apologize, not
knowing that he has since come to like Eliza.
While Omar's away, his wife Suleima wants to break in (meaning to shag)
a slave, an Englishman, but he proves to be immune to her charms, and
before you know it, Suleima has learned that he is actually the husband of
Eliza (even if their marriage was never consumed) - and out of pure
selflessness, Suleima promises to help him free Eliza from the Bey.
Eventually the Bey decides to give a party in Eliza's honour, and
Suleima and the Englishman substitute the water at the party with wine
(don't ask me how everybody failed to notice), and soon enough, everybody
is roaring drunk. At the climax of the party, the Bey wants to go fetch
Eliza to present herself to his subjects, but she persuades him to first
make love to her ... then though she pulls out a knife and cuts off his
penis. It is only then that the Bey sees the error of his ways, and he
sets her free, and her husband as well ...
Angelica Wehbeck plays Fatima, the woman who tells the whole story to
the Sultan as a sort of framing device.
Of course, this film - a very loose adaptation of the Mozart-opera The
Abduction from the Seraglio - is silly as hell and full of racial
stereotypes and eunuch jokes ... but then what do you expect from a film
whose original title translates The Lustful Turk ? In fact, the whole
movie - a cheapish production entirely shot on indoor sets - is not much
more than a showcase for naked female bodies, especially lovely Ingrid
Steeger's, who spends most of the film in the nude - so if you like nudity
and especially in the context of a silly early 1970's sexploitation flick,
you might find yourself enjoying this - but if you want your films
politically correct, or make the mistake to take vintage sexploitation
flicks seriously ... don't even bother to watch !
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