Overview

The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.

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Music
Music by Victor Hollaender
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl and Fritz Arno Wagner
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Details

Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Writers: Friedrich FreksaOriginal Story
Ernst LubitschWriter
Hanns KrälyWriter
Status: Released
Release date: September 1, 1920
Original language: German
Countries: Germany

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Cast

Ernst LubitschYeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
Pola NegriYannaia - a Dancer
Paul WegenerDer alte Scheich
Jenny HasselqvistSumurun
Aud Egede-NissenHaidee
Harry LiedtkeNur-Al Din
Carl ClewingDer junge Scheich
Margarete KupferAlte Frau
Jakob TiedtkeHead Eunuch
Paul BiensfeldtDer Sklavenhändler
Max KronertMuffti, Sklave
Paul GraetzPuffti, Sklave