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Her Harem
Her Harem
Directed by	Marco Ferreri
Written by	Rafael Azcona ; Marco Ferreri; Ugo Moretti
Produced by	Henryk Chroscicki ; Alfonso Sansone
Starring	Carroll Baker ; Gastone Moschin ; Renato Salvatori.
Cinematography	Luigi Kuveiller
Edited by	Enzo Micarelli
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production; companies	Alexandra Produzioni Cinematografiche ; Sancro International Film ; Paris-Cannes Productions
Distributed by	CIDIF
Release date	10 September 1967;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Her Harem (Italian: L'harem, released in UK as The Harem) is a 1967 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Carroll Baker, Gastone Moschin and Renato Salvatori.

Plot

A woman has a number of male lovers so, during a holiday in Dubrovnik, she puts them together, with a stratagem, in her villa, in a sort of reverse harem.

Cast

Carroll Baker as Margherita
Gastone Moschin as Gianni
Renato Salvatori as Gaetano
William Berger as Mike
Michel Le Royer as René
Clotilde Sakaroff as Gaetano's mother
Ugo Tognazzi as himself

Production

It was the first film Baker made in Europe. She was having difficulties in her career in Hollywood and was offered the role when she met the director at the Venice Film Festival.

Baker says the film was meant to be a comedy but the director "lost his courage at the last minute... it would have been wonderful as a comedy but he cut out all the funny scenes and put a serious ending on it."^[1]

Reception

The film was a box office flop - "Harem just didn't work out," Baker later said, "those things happen."^[2] However it launched a successful career for Baker in Europe.

References

^ Interview with Carrol Baker at Media Fun House
^ Friendly Jr, Alfred (29 June 1969). "What Ever Happened to Baby Doll?: An American in Rome". New York Times. p. D11.