Simultaneously filmed French version of the German production Saison in Kairo.A young man and a young woman, whose respective father and mother are both widowed, scheme to get them to marry each other.
If you are looking for something to put on while you fold laundry or just want to see what people thought was 'exotic' in the early thirties, Idylle au Caire is right up your alley. If you need grit, intense stakes, or anything resembling modern pacing, you are going to be checking your watch every ten minutes. It is b...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Claude Heymann
Malcolm St. Clair
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"If you are looking for something to put on while you fold laundry or just want to see what people thought was 'exotic' in the early thirties, Idylle au Caire is right up your alley. If you need grit, intense stakes, or anything resembling modern pacing, you are going to be checking your watch every ten minutes. It is basically a stage play that decided to take a vacation in Egypt. The whole premise is classic: two young people realize their widowed parents are lonely, so they start pulling str..."
Walter Reisch, Jacques Bousquet
Germany
1933 · IMDb 6.9
