Sumurun (1920)

film · 1920 film directed by Ernst Lubitsch

SheikhsFetishized
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Country
Germany
Language
English
Distributor
Netflix
Runtime
103 min
Genres
silent film, adventure film, romance film, drama film
Cast
Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener, Jenny Hasselquist
Sumurun
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SheikhsFetishized
  • The Sheik is a lustful harem tyrant: he shops for a new concubine through the slave dealer Achmed, condemns his favourite for loving a merchant, and on discovering betrayals stabs both his own son and the dancer he coveted before being knifed himself. Arab women exist as harem inventory to be sold, ogled, and punished.
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