Secrets of the Orient (German: Geheimnisse des Orients) 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. A sound version of the film was prepared by Gaumont for English speaking audiences. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
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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
Music
The sound version features a theme song entitled “In Old Kashmir” which was composed by Ed Elton.