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Selznick International Pictures presents

The Garden of Allah

directed by Richard Boleslawski

“Two loves in conflict!”

19361h 19mNRDrama

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Selznick International Pictures presents

The Garden of Allah

directed by Richard Boleslawski

“Two loves in conflict!”

19361h 19mNRDrama

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§ Synopsis

Drama · Romance · Adventure

The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.

§ Keywords

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based on novel or book christianity monk foreign legion romance remake religion desert heiress algeria catholic priest arab abbess convent

§ Crew

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Director

Richard Boleslawski

Screenplay

Music

§ Cast

8 of 17

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

as Domini Enfilden

Charles Boyer

as Boris Androvsky

Basil Rathbone

as Count Ferdinand Anteoni

C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

as Father J. Roubier

Joseph Schildkraut

Joseph Schildkraut

John Carradine

as Sand Diviner

Alan Marshal

as Capt. De Trevignac

Lucile Watson

as Mother Superior Josephine

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