Secrets of the Orient

Secrets of the Orient is a 1928 German-French silent drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Nikolas Kolin, Iván Petrovich and Dimitri Dimitriev. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin while Location shooting took place in Nice and French Tunisia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexandre Lochakoff and Vladimir Meingard. Cast Nikolas Kolin as 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 Vertinsky as 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 References Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael. Das Ufa-Buch. Zweitausendeins, 1992.