Secrets of the Orient (1928)
- Original title
- Geheimnisse des Orients
- Directed by
- Alexandre Volkoff, Anatole Litvak
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale
- Country
- Germany, France
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a silent drama set in North Africa and the Middle East. It follows different characters involved in romantic and political intrigue. The story was shot on location in Tunisia and France.
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What happens
Secrets of the Orient (German: Geheimnisse des Orients) is a 1928 German-French silent drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Nikolas Kolin, Iván Petrovich and Dimitri Dimitriev. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin while Location shooting took place in Nice and French Tunisia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexandre Lochakoff and Vladimir Meingard. A sound version of the film was prepared by Gaumont for English speaking audiences. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Change of Heart (1928)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.