Secrets of the Orient
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| Distributed by | UFA (Germany) |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
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Secrets of the Orient (
French Tunisia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexandre Lochakoff
and Vladimir Meingard. A sound version of the film was prepared by Gaumont for English speaking audiences. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
Cast
- Nikolas Kolinas Ali, shoemaker in Cairo
- Iván Petrovich as Prince Achmed
- Dimitri Dimitriev as Sultan Schariah
- Gaston Modot as Prince Hussein
- Julius Falkenstein as Astrologer
- Hermann Picha as Sultan's fool
- Aleksandr Vertinskyas Vezir
- Marcella Albani as Sobeide, Sultan's favorite
- Agnes Petersen-Mozzuchinowa as Princess Gylnare, daughter of Sultan
- Nina Koshetz as Fatme, wife of Ali
- Dita Parlo as Slave of the Princess
- Brigitte Helm
- Steffie Vida
Music
The sound version features a theme song entitled “In Old Kashmir” which was composed by Ed Elton.
References
- ^ Bock p. 237
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael. Das Ufa-Buch. Zweitausendeins, 1992.
External links
- Secrets of the Orient at IMDb
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