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Writers:
Robert Hichens (novel)
W.P. Lipscomb (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 November 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
They loved each other with the fierceness of those who have been denied love!
Plot:
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win more
User Comments:
Dietrich and Boyer in Technicolor heaven... more (26 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Marlene Dietrich ... Domini Enfilden

Charles Boyer ... Boris Androvsky
Basil Rathbone ... Count Ferdinand Anteoni
C. Aubrey Smith ... Father J. Roubier
Joseph Schildkraut ... Batouch
John Carradine ... Sand diviner
Alan Marshal ... Capt. De Trevignac
Lucile Watson ... Mother Superior Josephine
Henry Brandon ... Hadj
Tilly Losch ... Irena
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Alden ... Anteoni's lieutenant (uncredited)
Louis Aldez ... Blind singer (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs ... American tourist in hotel (uncredited)
John Bryan ... Brother Gregory (uncredited)
Ann Bupp ... Girl (uncredited)
Pedro de Cordoba ... Gardener (uncredited)
Corky ... Bous-Bous, the Dog (uncredited)
Nigel De Brulier ... Lector at monastery (uncredited)
Marcel De la Brosse ... Member of De Trevignac's patrol (uncredited)
Barry Downing ... Little Boris (uncredited)
Helen Jerome Eddy ... Nun (uncredited)
Irene Franklin ... American tourist's wife (uncredited)
Robert Frazer ... Smain (uncredited)
John George ... Waiter (uncredited)
Ann Gillis ... Convent girl #2 (uncredited)
Ferdinand Gottschalk ... Hotel clerk (uncredited)
Betty Jane Graham ... Convent girl (uncredited)
Bonita Granville ... Convent girl (uncredited)
Edna Mae Harris ... Oasis girl (uncredited)
Marcia Mae Jones ... Convent girl #1 (uncredited)
Jane Kerr ... Ouled nails madam (uncredited)
Leonid Kinskey ... Voluble Arab (uncredited)
Michael Mark ... Coachman (uncredited)
Andrew McKenna ... Mueddin (uncredited)
Louis Mercier ... Member of De Trevignac's patrol (uncredited)
Russ Powell ... Proprietor (uncredited)
Frank Puglia ... Man (uncredited)
Maria Riva ... Young girl sewing in the first scene at the Convent (uncredited)
Adrian Rosley ... Mustapha (uncredited)

Marion Sayers ... Oasis girl (uncredited)
David Scott ... Larby (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson ... Member of De Trevignac's patrol (uncredited)
Frances Turham ... Oasis girl (uncredited)
Betty Van Auken ... Oasis girl (uncredited)
Charles Waldron ... Abbe of monastery (uncredited)
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Directed by
Richard Boleslawski 
 
Writing credits
Robert Hichens (novel)

W.P. Lipscomb (screenplay) and
Lynn Riggs (screenplay)

Willis Goldbeck (contributor to treatment) uncredited

Produced by
David O. Selznick .... producer
 
Original Music by
Max Steiner 
 
Cinematography by
Virgil Miller (director of photography) (uncredited)
 
Film Editing by
Hal C. Kern 
Anson Stevenson (uncredited)
 
Set Decoration by
Sturges Carne (settings)
Lyle R. Wheeler (settings) (as Lyle Wheeler)
Edward G. Boyle (settings) (uncredited)
 
Costume Design by
Ernest Dryden 
 
Makeup Department
Sam Kaufman .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eric Stacey .... assistant director
Otto Brower .... second unit director (uncredited)
Chauncy Pyle .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Lansing C. Holden .... color designer
Irving W. Sindler .... props (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Earl A. Wolcott .... sound recordist (as Earl Wolcott)
T.A. Carman .... boom operator (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Jack Cosgrove .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Clarence Slifer .... special effects cinematographer (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
W. Howard Greene .... photographer
Robert Carney .... associate photographer (uncredited)
Wilfred M. Cline .... associate photographer (uncredited)
Nelson Cordes .... assistant camera (uncredited)
Don Dickey .... grip (uncredited)
Frank Leavitt .... grip (uncredited)
Oran McPherson .... electrician (uncredited)
Morris Rosen .... electrician (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bill Bowman .... wardrobe (uncredited)
Jeannette Couget .... costume maker (uncredited)
 
Music Department
R.H. Bassett .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Bernhard Kaun .... orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Willis Goldbeck .... assistant to producer
Natalie Kalmus .... technicolor color supervisor
Harold Rosson .... photographic advisor
Joshua Logan .... dialogue director (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
79 min | West Germany:75 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #2405)
Filming Locations:
Buttercup Dunes, Imperial County, California, USA more
Company:
Selznick International Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Merle Oberon was originally signed to play Domini, but was "bought off" by David O. Selznick at a cost of $25,000. more
Quotes:
Father Roubier: Take care! You've come to a land of fire. And I think you are made of fire. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Star Is Born (1937) more
Soundtrack:
Ave Maria, Op.52 No.6 more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Dietrich and Boyer in Technicolor heaven..., 3 October 2006
6/10
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

Early Technicolor, subdued and with shadows playing over the wide stretches of sand and silk (Dietrich's wide array of costumes), is the real star of this desert opus that should fascinate any student of cinematography interested in exploring David O. Selznick's use of color a few years before GONE WITH THE WIND.

MARLENE DIETRICH strikes some awesome poses and looks stunning in all of her close-ups and CHARLES BOYER is a suitably romantic figure as he copes with a secret unknown to her--he's a man hiding his past as a monk. She's searching for true love after a girlhood devoted to her sick father and Boyer seems to be the living embodiment of her ideal.

It's all so unreal and yet it's hard to turn away from the gorgeous colors and not be drawn into the story. When things get too dull, there's always Basil Rathbone, Joseph Schildkraut and C. Aubrey Smith in the supporting cast to bring some added color to the tale.

It's Technicolor heaven for Dietrich's fans and to top it all there's a nice Max Steiner score in the background. None of it can be taken seriously but it has its compensations from a visual standpoint.

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