In the Shadow of the Harem
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1928
French release06/07/1928
Synopsis
In a mythical North African kingdom, Emir Abd-en-Nacer (Léon Mathot), whose favorite concubine is enamored of a married French engineer. In retaliation, the Emir throws the engineer's wife into prison and abducts the couple's young son. The child will be returned unharmed if the wife agrees to spend the night with the Emir -- the ruler's own version of "an eye for an eye." At the moment of truth, however, the Emir is so moved by the wife's courage that he decides not to seduce her. Instead, he persuades her to convince her husband that the seduction has taken place, so that the philandering hubby will have learned his lesson.
Credits
Actors (9)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Paris International Film (PIF)
- French distribution : Franco-Film
Full credits (3)
- Screenwriter : André Liabel
- Directors of Photography : Willy Faktorovitch, Enzo Riccioni
- Author of original work : Lucien Besnard
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1928
- French release : 06/07/1928
- Current status : Released
- Approval :
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Silent
