Abdul the Damned (1935)
In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the country's first constitutional government. With tensions still growing, chief of police Kadar Pasha assassinates Hassan Bey, the leader of the Old Turk party, and makes it look as if a Young Turk committed the crime, in order to give Abdul an excuse for arresting the Young Turk leaders. Meanwhile, Abdul becomes infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer. When she rejects his advances, she endangers both herself and her fiancé, a Turkish officer who also knows who really shot Hassan Bey.
Director: Karl Grune
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Fritz Kortner as The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar |
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Adrienne Ames as Therese, Viennese Operetta Star |
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Nils Asther as Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police |
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John Stuart as Talak Pasha, Officer of Turkish Army |
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Esme Percy as Ali, the Grand Eunuch |
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Walter Rilla as Hassan-Bey |
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Charles Carson as Gen. Hilmi-Pasha |
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Patric Knowles as Omar - Hilmi's Attache |
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Eric Portman as Conspirastor |
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Clifford Heatherley as Court Doctor |
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Henry B. Longhurst as General of the Bodyguards |
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Annie Esmond as Therese's Train Companion |
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H. Saxon-Snell as Chief Interrogator |
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George Zucco as Officer of the Firing Squad |
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Robert Naylor as Opera Singer |
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Warren Jenkins as Young Turk Singer |
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Henry Peterson as Spy |
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Arthur Hardy as Ambassador |
| Production | Max Schach | Producer |
| Directing | Karl Grune | Director |
| Sound | Hanns Eisler | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Otto Kanturek | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Roy Goddard | Assistant Director |
| Editing | A.C. Hammond | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe Strassner | Costume Design |
| Art | Clarence Elder | Art Direction |
| Editing | Walter Stokvis | Editor |
| Art | John Mead | Art Direction |
| Writing | Warren Chetham-Strode | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Roger Burford | Dialogue |
| Writing | Robert Neumann | Story |
| Writing | Roger Burford | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Ashley Dukes | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Ashley Dukes | Dialogue |
| Writing | Warren Chetham-Strode | Dialogue |
