A king with everything loses to a soldier with nothing — and the revolution is just the punchline.
Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however, along with his offers of riches and luxury, chosing instead an officer in the king's army as her lover. As all of this is going on, the ruler is oblivious to the growing discontent among his subjects, and the threat of revolt that is increasing with each passing day.
Acting
Ratoff directs himself as a bombastic, sweaty monarch — pure ego on celluloid.
Costume
Orientalist fantasy wardrobe that aged like milk in the desert.
Director
Gregory Ratoff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ratoff also produced 'All About Eve' — this is what he made for himself as a starring vehicle.
Based on a 1922 Hungarian novel; Hollywood's third adaptation, each more geographically vague than the last.
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