- The "sheikh" is pure pulp fantasy: a preening Italian actor costumed as a Valentino-style desert seducer for photo-strip romances, whose tent-and-turban act exists to make a provincial bride swoon - the Arab reduced to a seduction costume.
The White Sheik (1951)
film · 1952 film by Federico Fellini
- Director
- Federico Fellini
- Country
- Italy
- Language
- Italian
- Distributor
- Netflix
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- drama film, comedy film
- Cast
- Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Giulietta Masina, Brunella Bovo