Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1987): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1987, Die Entführung aus dem Serail is a music film directed by Humphrey Burton, running about 143 minutes.

What it’s about. Mozart's famous Singspiel after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's work "Belmonte und Konstanze", DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL comes to life in the sumptuous setting of Topkapi, the Ottoman sultans' own Istanbul seraglio (palace harem). Belmonte finds his fiancée Konstanze and her English maid Blondchen, who were captured and sold by pirates, in the Mediterranean seraglio of the Ottoman pasha Selim. Belmonte's servant Pedrillo gets him engaged as builder. After Selim tried to enforce himself upon Konstanze, Pedrillo and Blondchen, his own sweetheart, prepare their flight, managing to get Osmin, the pasha's overseer, drunk. Yet Osmin and Selim's guard still capture them, already in the garden; however the touching display of true love melts the pasha's heart, so he lets them go.

Who’s in it. Die Entführung aus dem Serail stars Deon van der Walt as Belmonte, Inga Nielsen as Konstanze, Lillian Watson as Blondchen and Kurt Moll as Osmin, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 3.8/10, Die Entführung aus dem Serail has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Die Entführung aus dem Serail page.

If you liked it. Fans of Die Entführung aus dem Serail tend to enjoy Whiplash, Coco, Green Book and The Legend of 1900.