The Garden of Allah

United States, 1936

Film
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Domini Enfilden (Marlene Dietrich) devoted her life to caring for her aged father. Upon his death, she decides to make a new life for herself and travels to Algeria. En route she meets Boris Androvsky (Charles Boyer), a strangely sorrowful man with a dark secret. They develop a friendship that grows into love but a chance encounter in the desert threatens all they hold dear.

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Credits

director

Richard Boleslawski

producer

David O. Selznick

production company

Selznick International

Duration

01:20:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1936

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306430

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Romance

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1193704

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