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Abdul the Damned (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1935 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Karl Grune

Written By:
Robert Neumann
Ashley Dukes

Actors:
Fritz Kortner ..... Sultan Abdul Hamid II / Kelar - his double
Nils Asther ..... Chief of Police Kadar-Pasha
John Stuart ..... Capt. Talak-Bey
Adrienne Ames ..... Therese Alder
Esme Percy ..... Ali - Chief Eunu
Walter Rilla ..... Hassan-Bey
Charles Carson ..... Gen. Hilmi-Pasha
Patric Knowles ..... Omar - Hilmi's Attache
Eric Portman ..... Conspirastor
Clifford Heatherley ..... Court Doctor
Henry B. Longhurst ..... General of the Bodyguar
Annie Esmond ..... Therese's Train Companion
H. Saxon-Snell ..... Chief Interrogat
George Zucco ..... Officer of the Firing Squad
Robert Naylor ..... Opera Singer

Synopsis:

Set amid the turbulence of the Young Turk movement within the dying Ottoman Empire, Abdul the Damned was among the first films directed in Britain by Karl Grune, acclaimed director of 1923's Die Strasse (The Street), who had fled Nazi Germany in 1933; the film also features starring roles for fellow German emigre and Pandora's Box star Fritz Kortner, Scottish screen idol John Stuart, and Swedish silent-era heart-throb Nils Asther. Turkey, 1900: Sultan Abdul Hamid II becomes infatuated with Therese, a young Viennese opera singer (Adrienne Ames). She is forced to give into him to protect her fiance, Young Turk Talak Pasha; however, the fervour of Talak's popular opposition to the Sultan's rule will eventually lead to his abdication.

In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the country's first constitutional government. With tensions still growing, chief of police Kadar Pasha assassinates Hassan Bey, the leader of the Old Turk party, and makes it look as if a Young Turk committed the crime, in order to give Abdul an excuse for arresting the Young Turk leaders. Meanwhile, Abdul becomes infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer. When she rejects his advances, she endangers both herself and her fiancé, a Turkish officer who also knows who really shot Hassan Bey.

In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid faces resistance from the Young Turk party, while also becoming infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 12 September, 2013.

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