The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937 film
- 8 September 1937 (1937-09-08)
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The Secrets of the Red Sea (French: Les secrets de la Mer Rouge) is a 1937 French adventure film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Harry Baur, Gaby Basset and Alexandre Mihalesco.[1] It was based on the 1931 novel of the same title by Henry de Monfreid. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.
Synopsis
Saïd Ali, an elderly Arab, lives on an island in the Red Sea and spends his days collecting pearls. A rival plots to kill him in order to steal his wealth.
Cast
- Harry Baur as Saïd Ali
- Gaby Basset as Anita
- Habib Benglia as Araba
- Auguste Bovério as Kames
- Charles Dechamps as Chouchana
- Édouard Delmont as Soliman
- Slim Driga as Ismaël
- Maximilienne as L'anglaise
- Alexandre Mihalesco as Nadir
- Georges Paulais as Sheik Issa
- Raymond Segard as Sélim
- Tela Tchaï as Sultana
References
- ^ Gilles p.191
Bibliography
- Christian Gilles. L'avant-guerre, 1937-1939. Harmattan, 2002.
- Jonathan Miran, "Pearling Fortunes: Recovering 'Ali al-Nahari, a Legendary Red Sea Magnate in the Early Twentieth Century," in Pedro Machado, Steve Mullins & Joseph Christensen. Pearls, People, and Power: Pearling and Indian Ocean Worlds. Ohio University Press, 2020.
External links
- The Secrets of the Red Sea at IMDb
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Films directed by Richard Pottier
- If I Were Boss (1934)
- Fanfare of Love (1935)
- A Rare Bird (1935)
- Guilty Melody (1936)
- Disk 413 (1936)
- 27, rue de la Paix (1936)
- The Secrets of the Red Sea (1937)
- Lights of Paris (1938)
- The World Will Tremble (1939)
- Mademoiselle Swing (1942)
- Eight Men in a Castle (1942)
- No Love Allowed (1942)
- Picpus (1943)
- My Love is Near You (1943)
- The Wolf Farm (1943)
- Majestic Hotel Cellars (1945)
- Destiny (1946)
- Vertigo (1947)
- The White Night (1948)
- Barry (1949)
- Two Loves (1949)
- Casimir (1950)
- Murders (1950)
- Darling Caroline (1951)
- Rendezvous in Grenada (1951)
- Imperial Violets (1952)
- The Case Against X (1952)
- The Beautiful Otero (1954)
- The Lebanese Mission (1956)
- The Singer from Mexico (1957)
- Tabarin (1958)
- Serenade of Texas (1958)
- David and Goliath (1960)
- Romulus and the Sabines (1961)
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