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Shéhérazade
Shéhérazade
	Film poster
Directed by	Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Written by	Pierre Gaspard-Huit; José Gutiérrez Maesso; Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Produced by	Michel Safra; Serge Silberman ; Georges Lourau
Starring	Anna Karina ; Gérard Barray ; António Vilar
Cinematography	André Domage ; Christian Matras
Edited by	Louisette Hautecoeur
Music by	André Hossein
Production; companies	Ciné-Alliance ; Dear Film Produzione ; Filmsonor ; Spéva Films ; Tecisa
Distributed by	Cinédis
Release date	15 May 1963 (France);
Running time	124 minutes
Countries	France; Italy; Spain;
Language	French

Shéhérazade or Scorching Sands is a 1963 adventure film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Anna Karina as the title character. The cast also featured Gérard Barray, António Vilar and Giuliano Gemma^[2] The film is loosely based on the One Thousand and One Nights. The film's sets and costumes were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.

Plot

Baghdad in the year 809. The city is ruled by the Caliph, Haroun-al-Rashid, to whom the beautiful and spiritual Scheherazade has been promised. Ambassadors of Charlemagne arrive in Baghdad to ask the Caliph for free access to the Christian holy sites. Among these envoys from the west is the knight Renaud Villecroix, who falls in love with her. The grand vizier, enemy of the Caliph, ambushes a traveling party and takes Scheherazade prisoner, threatening to cut off her head. Renaud saves her and flees into the desert with her.

Cast

Anna Karina as Shéhérazade
Gérard Barray as Renaud de Villecroix
António Vilar as Haroun-al-Raschid
Giuliano Gemma as Didier
Marilù Tolo as Shirin
Fausto Tozzi as Barmak
Gil Vidal - Thierry
Jorge Mistral as Grand Vizir Zaccar
Fernando Rey
Joëlle LaTour as Anira
Rafael Albaicín
Karamoko Cisse
María Calvi
José Calvo
Félix Fernández
María Granada
José Manuel Martín (as J.M. Martín)

Release

The film was released in France on May 15, 1963.^[1]

It was the 46th top-grossing film of 1963 in France, where it sold 1,375,848 tickets at the box office.^[3]^{[unreliable source?]} In Poland, it sold more than 2 million tickets, making it one of the thirteen highest-grossing foreign films in Poland as of 1968^[update].^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Shéhérazade" (in French). Unifrance. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ Wakin, Daniel J. (2012). "Shéhérazade". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
^ "Shéhérazade (1963)". JP's Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ Ford, Charles; Hammond, Robert (2015). Polish Film: A Twentieth Century History. McFarland & Company. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-4766-0803-7.