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Les contes des mille et une nuits
(The Tales of a Thousand and One Nights)
Also known as [The Arabian Nights Tales]
(1921) France
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Viatcheslav Tourjanskii
Cast: Ivanoff [Shahriar], Eugénie Boldireff [Scheherazade], Henri Maillard [Caliph Abdelcadus], Nathalie Kovanko [Princesse Goul-y-Hanar], Maltzeff (Nicolas Maltseff) [Sultan Mahmoud], Nicolas Rimsky [Prince Soleiman, his son], Paul Ollivier [Ibrahim, the vizier], Bartkevitch [Sultan Salamandra], Janeau [Hassan], Jules de Spoly, Nicolas Koline, Varvara Yanova
Films Albatros production; distributed by [?] Pathé Consortium Cinéma? / Produced by [?] Alexandre Kamenka? Production design by Eduardo Gosch and Ivan Lochakoff (Alexandre Lochakoff). Costume design by Viatcheslav Tourjanskii. Cinematography by G. Leclerc and Joseph-Louis Mundwiller. Presented by Pathé Consortium Cinéma. / Released 23 December 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Finland on 18 September 1922. / The film was released in the USA at approximately 6800 feet on State Rights basis by J. Charles Davis Productions through [?] Davis Distributing Division, Incorporated? [?] February 1925 or circa 23 January 1927?
Drama: Fantasy.
Synopsis: [Exhibitors Herald, 28 February 1925, page ?] “Gul-Y-Hanar,” the first of the thousand and one stories told by Scheherazade, concerns itself with this beautiful Princess, who through a series of mishaps, finds herself at the mercy of a heathen Sultan. The Sultan’s son, who had been converted to the God Allah, falls in love with the Princess — and for this both are ordered to be executed when a miracle happens that saves them both from death. The lovers are separated, and only after many weird and exciting incidents are they reunited to live their lives in peace and happiness.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [French]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 December 2024.
References: Bardèche-History p. 171; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 55 : Website-IMDb.
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