Sumurun [Blu-ray]

Director: Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch

Overview

One Arabian Night is the inadequate American title bestowed upon director Ernst Lubitsch's brilliant German drama Sumurun. In what turned out to be his last on-camera appearance (he was a former slapstick comedian), Lubitsch stars as Yeggar, a hunchbacked clown who works with a travelling carnival. Arab sheik Paul Wegener demands that the troupe's dancing girl Pola Negri be sequestered in his harem. Yeggar faithfully follows along, and is a horrified witness as Wegener kills Negri for presumed unfaithfulness. The wizened clown vows revenge on the wicked Sheik. Inspired by the popular stage pantomime "The Arabian Nights," Sumurun is the film that encouraged Hollywood to invite Lubitsch into its fold-whereupon the director abandoned melodrama for good and all and concentrated instead on elegant sex comedies.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/14/2023
UPC:	0738329261962
Original Release:	1921
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kino Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	30,838

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ernst Lubitsch	Buckliger
Jenny Hasselquist	Zuleika, the Sheik's Favorite
Paul Biensfeldt	Achmed
Paul Wegener	Der alte Scheich
Aud Egede Nissen	Haidee, Her Maid
Carl Clewig	The Sheik's Son
Jacob Tiedtke	Eunuch
Pola Negri	Taenzerin (Dancer)
Harry Liedtke	Nur-al-Djin, a Merchant
Margarete Kupfer	Alte Frau
Max Kronert	Diener
Paul Graetz	Diener
Hollander	Composer

Technical Credits

Ernst Lubitsch

Hanns Kräly

Ernst Lubitsch	Director,Screenwriter
Hanns Kräly	Screenwriter