On the brink of WWI, an American nurse on a medical mission within the exotic Ottoman Empire has her loyalty tested after she falls in love with a lieutenant from the war.
A strong-willed woman, frustrated by ongoing injustice at home, leaves the United States after meeting Jude, an American doctor who runs a remote medical mission within the Ottoman Empire — a world both exotic and dangerous, and on the brink of what is about to become the first World War. There, she finds her loyalty tested to both Jude and the mission’s founder when she falls in love with their perceived enemy, a lieutenant in the Ottoman Imperial Army.
Starring Michiel Huisman, Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett, Haluk Bilginer, Selcuk Yontem.
Rated R for some war violence.
Note: This period drama has really mixed reviews – but the story of love torn apart by war has appealed to many romantics. CommonSense Media says “It’s a little sappy, but it’s heartfelt and good in an old-fashioned way. That said, it’s also very violent.” A primary issue for why some viewers dislike it is that the Turkish drama largely ignores the Armenian Genocide of 1915… or simply because they found it unrealistic.