Trivia for Die Entführung aus dem Serail.

At the time of its release, the film received extreme controversy. The use of the Turkish location was called "racist" and director Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was accused of being a mysgonist which he denied.

The film has been banned in Turkey and Morocco until 1992.

An original title for the film was "Harem" which means "brothel", but director Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart thought the title was "meant to be shocking".

Originally rated X in the US.