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  Pola Negri and Harry Liedtke.
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Sumurun
Also known as One Arabian Night in the USA
(1920) Germany
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Cast: Jenny Hasselqvist [Sumurun], Paul Wegener [der alte Scheich (the old sheik)], Carl Clewing [der junge Scheich (the young sheik)], Aud Egede Nissen [Haidee, the servant], Ernst Lubitsch [Yeggar, the hunchback], Pola Negri [Yannaia, the dancer], Harry Liedtke [Nur-al-Djin, a young cloth merchant], Margarete Kupfer [alte frau (old woman)], Jakob Tiedtke [the head eunuch], Paul Biensfeldt [Achmed, the slave trader], Max Kronert [Mutti, first servant of Nur-al-Djin], Paul Graetz [Putti, second servant of Nur-al-Djin]

[?] Projektions Aktiengesellschaft Union-Film [PAGU]? production; distributed by Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA]. / Scenario by Hanns Kräly and Ernst Lubitsch, from a pantomine play adaptation by Friedrich Freksa of a [?] novel? by Richard Riess. Art direction by Ernö Metzner. Set decoration by Kurt Richter. Costume design by Ali Hubert. Technical direction by Kurt Waschneck. Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl. / Released 1 September 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA on 25 September 1921; sub titles (intertitles written) by Lesley Mason; color titles by Prizma (Prizmacolor); title illustrations by Paléologue. The film was released in Spain on 17 June 1923.

Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [Germany]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 February 2023.

References: Film viewing : Everson-American p. 155; Weinberg-Lubitsch p. 7 : ClasIm-305 p. 44 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.

 
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