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Sumurun

1920·115 min·DE
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
AdventureDramaRomance

The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.

The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.

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Cast

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch

Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar

Pola Negri

Pola Negri

Yannaia - a Dancer

Paul Wegener

Paul Wegener

Der alte Scheich

Jenny Hasselqvist

Jenny Hasselqvist

Sumurun

Aud Egede-Nissen

Aud Egede-Nissen

Haidee

Harry Liedtke

Harry Liedtke

Nur-Al Din

Carl Clewing

Carl Clewing

Der junge Scheich

Margarete Kupfer

Margarete Kupfer

Alte Frau

Jakob Tiedtke

Jakob Tiedtke

Head Eunuch

Paul Biensfeldt

Paul Biensfeldt

Der Sklavenhändler

M

Max Kronert

Muffti, Sklave

Paul Graetz

Paul Graetz

Puffti, Sklave

Crew

Victor Hollaender

composer

Ernst Lubitsch

writer

Theodor Sparkuhl

cinematographer

Fritz Arno Wagner

cinematographer

Hanns Kräly

writer

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