Yasemin

{{Infobox film

| name = Yasemin

| image = Yasemin.jpg

| caption =

| director = Hark Bohm

| producer = Hark Bohm

| writer = Hark Bohm

| starring = Ayse Romey

| music =

| cinematography = Sławomir Idziak

| editing = Moune Barius

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1988|5|5|df=yes}}

| runtime = 85 minutes

| country = {{ubl|West Germany|Turkey}}

| language = German

| budget =

}}

Yasemin is a 1988 German-language film directed by Hark Bohm. The international co-production of Turkey and West Germany was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but didn't obtain a nomination.{{cite web | author = H. G. Pflaum | title = On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | publisher = German Films | url = http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html | access-date = 2008-08-27}} It was also entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1988/02_programm_1988/02_Programm_1988.html |title=Berlinale: 1988 Programme |access-date=2011-03-06 |work=berlinale.de}}

Plot

West Germany, 1988. Yasemin and Jan are in the same judo club. Yasemin is a modern young Turkish woman. Jan is an old-fashioned womaniser. When his friends bet he cannot have Yasemin he sees this as a welcome challenge. He plays his best tricks on Yasemin who eventually takes to him because she is led to believe he is no macho but a really modern nice guy. He feels ashamed to have approached her just to impress his friends. Unfortunately this truth is eventually disclosed to her, and when it is, he is dismayed by the harm he has done. Things are further complicated by her father's disapproval of their relationship.