Stamboul (film)

Stamboul
Directed by	Dimitri Buchowetzki
Written by	Heinz Goldberg Harry Kahn Henry Koster Reginald Denham
Based on	Stamboul 1922 novel 1931 play by Claude Farrère (novel) Pierre Frondaie (play)
Produced by	Walter Morosco
Starring	Warwick Ward Rosita Moreno Margot Grahame
Music by	Percival Mackey
Production company	Paramount British Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures
Release date	28 March 1932 (1932-03-28)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Stamboul is a 1932 British drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Warwick Ward, Rosita Moreno, Margot Grahame, and Garry Marsh. It was shot at the Elstree Studios outside London. It was released by the British division of Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter, Hermann Warm and R. Holmes Paul. The film is based on the novel L'homme qui assasina (1906) by Claude Farrère and on a play by Pierre Frondaie. Buchowetski also co-directed El hombre que asesino with Fernando Gomis, the Spanish-language version of the film, also released by Paramount.^[1]

Premise

In the lead-up to the First World War, a French military attaché falls in love with the wife of a prominent German in Stamboul (the central part of Constantinople, now known in entirety as Istanbul) in the Ottoman Empire.

Cast

• Warwick Ward as Col André de Sevigne
• Rosita Moreno as Baroness von Strick
• Margot Grahame as Countess Elsa Talven
• Henry Hewitt as Baron von Strick
• Garry Marsh as Prince Cernuwitz
• Alan Napier as Bouchier
• Abraham Sofaer as Mahmed Pasha
• Stella Arbenina as Mme. Bouchier
• Annie Esmond as Nurse
• Eric Pavitt as Franz

See also

• The Right to Love (1920)
• The Man Who Murdered (1931)

References

1. BFI Database entry

External links

• Stamboul at IMDb
• Stamboul at the TCM Movie Database