Abdulla the Great

Abdulla the Great

Infobox Film
name = Abdulla the Great


caption = French Film poster
director = Gregory Ratoff
producer = Gregory Ratoff
writer = Boris Ingster
George St. George
Ismet Regeila (novel)
starring = Gregory Ratoff
Kay Kendall
Sydney Chaplin
Alexander D'Arcy
Marina Berti
music = Georges Auric
cinematography = Lee Garmes
editing = Maurice Rootes
distributor = Twentieth Century-Fox
released = flagicon|Finland16 September 1955
runtime = 103 min
country = UK / Egypt
awards =
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:598~T2
imdb_id = 0048922

"Abdulla the Great", also known as "Abdullah's Harem " is a 1955 comedy film made by Misr Universal Cairo and Sphinx Films and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. It was directed and produced by Gregory Ratoff, from a screenplay by Boris Ingster and George St. George, based on the novel "My Kingdom for a Woman" by Ismet Regeila. The music score was by Georges Auric and the cinematography by Lee Garmes.

The film stars Gregory Ratoff, Kay Kendall, Sydney Chaplin, Alexander D'Arcy and Marina Berti.

The story is a thinly veiled parody of the life of King Farouk of Egypt and the events preceding his overthrow in 1952.

Plot

The film is set in a Middle Eastern country whose absolute ruler, Abdullah (Gregory Ratoff), lives a life of great luxury, surrounded by lovely women. When Ronnie, a beautiful English model (Kay Kendall), arrives, Abdullah falls for her and offers her great riches. She resists his advances as she is more interested in Ahmed (Sydney Chaplin), an officer in the King's army. While this is going on, Abdullah is unaware of the growing discontent among his subjects which threatens to overthrow him.

Cast

*Gregory Ratoff - Abdulla
*Kay Kendall - Ronnie
*Sydney Chaplin - Ahmed
*Alexander D'Arcy- Marco
*Marina Berti - Aziza
*Marti Stevens
*Dickie Moore

ee also

*Farouk of Egypt

References

External links

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