The Barbarian (1933)
Hear Novarro sing love songs of the Nile!
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.
- Date of release
- 1933-05-12
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Sam Wood
Casting
- Ramon Novarro — Jamil El Shehab
- Myrna Loy — Diana 'Di' Standing
- Reginald Denny — Gerald Hume
- Louise Closser Hale — Powers
- C. Aubrey Smith — Cecil Harwood
- Edward Arnold — Achmed Pasha
- Blanche Friderici — Mrs. Hume
- Marcelle Corday — Diana's Maid Marthe
- Hedda Hopper — Mrs. Loway
- Leni Stengel — German Tourist Ilsa
Interesting facts
The Barbarian, also known as A Night in Cairo, is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film produced and directed by Sam Wood and starring Ramon Novarro and Myrna Loy. Written by Elmer Harris and Anita Loos, and based on the 1911 play The Arab by Edgar Selwyn, the film is about an American woman tourist in Egypt who has several suitors, among them an Arab guide who is more than he seems. The film was released on May 12, 1933 in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The play had been filmed previously by MGM as The Arab (1924) with Novarro and Alice Terry.
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