A cobbler dreams that he is a prince, in this takeoff on an Arabian Nights style romance..
If you have about two hours and a high tolerance for 1920s Orientalism, Secrets of the Orient is worth a look, mostly because it feels like watching a massive budget being spent in real-time. It’s a 1928 UFA production, and you can tell because the sets look like they were built to last a hundred years. It’s the kind o...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Alexandre Volkoff
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"If you have about two hours and a high tolerance for 1920s Orientalism, Secrets of the Orient is worth a look, mostly because it feels like watching a massive budget being spent in real-time. It’s a 1928 UFA production, and you can tell because the sets look like they were built to last a hundred years. It’s the kind of movie you put on when you want to see what happened when directors were given an unlimited supply of silk, extras, and incense. The whole thing kicks off with a cobbler. He’s gr..."
Dimitri Dimitriev
Norbert Falk, Robert Liebmann, Alexandre Volkoff
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