Wow! I really loved the movie The Garden of Allah. The movie is absolutely stunning with top-notch graphics and visuals while Marlene Dietrich deliver some award-winning performances in this movie.
I also think Charles Boyer was great! The visuals and graphics make for some very realistic on screen special-effects but that is the beauty of the movie.When the movie wants to be funny it is funny, the same is true for when the movie needs to deliver its scary aspects.
I think Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer worked wonderful in The Garden of Allah. The great supporting cast includes Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Joseph Schildkraut.
You should see it, make no mistake this is a definite blockbuster!
I think Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer worked wonderful in The Garden of Allah. The great supporting cast includes Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Joseph Schildkraut.
I left some information, immages, and video previews of The Garden of Allah below.
Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer play a pair of lost souls who meet in the desert. She is the sheltered Domini, looking for spiritual enlightenment in the Sahara. He is Boris, a young monk who has abandoned the monastery, wanting to experience the outside world. Together, they fall in love and try to come to terms with their mutual guilt while having a passionate affair. C. Aubrey Smith and Basil Rathbone serve as guides for Domini. John Carradine cameos as a bizarre fortune teller.
Unfortunately, even an excellent cast can't save this sandy soaper from itself. Although the Technicolor cinematography is gorgeous, and Dietrich sports a new and more stunning gown for every desert occasion, viewers will find no oasis to quench their thirst. Basically, this is a very early version of Hollywood's "sex and sand" films, so popular in the 1950s--lush, unusual, and ultimately silly. --Mark Savary