The Garden of Allah (1936)
- Starring:
- Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Boleslawski
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Garden of Allah
Marlene Dietrich stars as the noble Domini Enfilden in this third film version of Robert Hichens' 1904 novel. After caring for her dying father, Domini is told by her Mother Superior (Lucille Watson) that she should go to the Algerian desert to rest and seek sanctuary. On her way to the town of Beni-Mora, Domini meets the ill-tempered and mysterious Boris Androvsky (Charles Boyer), a Trappist monk who has forsaken his vows and also seeks the Algerian desert for salvation. Domini is attracted to this moody monk, but continues on. Her desert guide, Batouch (Joseph Schildkraut), takes Domini to a cabaret, where a riot breaks out during a production number. Boris re-appears to rescue her from the trashed club. Domini and Boris fall in love, marry, and travel to the desert for their honeymoon. There the newlyweds encounter a unit of the French Foreign Legion, whose commander, De Trevignac (Alan Marshal), holds a secret to Boris's past. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 79 mins
Complete Cast of The Garden of Allah
- Marlene Dietrich - Domini Enfilden
- Basil Rathbone - Count Anteoni
- Joseph Schildkraut - Batouch
- John Carradine - Sand diviner
- Lucile Watson - Mother Superior
- Russell Powell - Ouled Nails Proprietor
- Corky the Dog - Bous-Bous
- Bonita Granville - Convent girl
- Jane Kerr - Ouled Nails Madam
- Dave Scott - Larby
- Nigel de Brulier - The Lector
- John Bryan - Brother Gregory
- Eric Alden - Anteoni's Lieutenant
- Irene Franklin - Wife
- Barry Downing - Little Boris
- Pedro de Cordoba - Gardener
- Charles Boyer - Boris Androvsky
- C. Aubrey Smith - Father Roubier
- Tilly Losch - Irena
- Alan Marshal - De Trevignac
- Ferdinand Gottschalk - Hotel clerk
- Edna M. Harris - Oasis girl
- Adrian Rosley - Mustapha
- Robert W. Frazer - Smain
- Ann Gillis - Convent girl
- Leonid Kinskey - Voluble Arab
- Michael Mark - Coachman
- Harlan Briggs - American tourist
- Helen Jerome Eddy - A Nun
- Bob Stevenson - De Trevignac's Patrol
- Betty Jane Graham - Convent girl
- Marcia Mae Jones - Convent girl
- Director(s):
- Richard Boleslawski
- Writer(s):
- W.P. Lipscomb, Lynn Riggs
- Producer(s):
- David O. Selznick
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- Romance
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