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The Garden of Allah (1936)

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Marlene Dietrich stars as the noble Domini Enfilden in this third film version of Robert Hichens' 1904 novel. After caring for her dying father, Domini is told by her Mother Superior (Lucille Watson) that she should go to the Algerian desert to rest and seek sanctuary. On her way to the town of Beni-Mora, Domini meets the ill-tempered and mysterious Boris Androvsky (Charles Boyer), a Trappist monk who has forsaken his vows and also seeks the Algerian desert for salvation. Domini is attracted to

Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Classics

Directed By: Richard Boleslawski

Written By: W.P. Lipscomb, Lynn Riggs

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1936 Wide

On DVD: Oct 19, 2004

Cast

Marlene Dietrich
Domini Enfilden
Charles Boyer
Boris Androvsky
Basil Rathbone
Count Anteoni
C. Aubrey Smith
Father Roubier
Tilly Losch
Irena
Joseph Schildkraut
Batouch
John Carradine
Sand diviner
Alan Marshal
De Trevignac
Lucile Watson
Mother Superior
Eric Alden
Anteoni's Lieutenant
Harlan Briggs
American tourist
Nigel De Brulier
The Lector
Pedro de Cordoba
Gardener
Marcel dela Brosse
Helen Jerome Eddy
A Nun
Irene Franklin
Wife
Robert W. Frazer
Smain
Ann Gillis
Convent girl
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Hotel clerk
Betty Jane Graham
Convent girl
Bonita Granville
Convent girl
Edna M. Harris
Oasis girl
Marcia Mae Jones
Convent girl
Jane Kerr
Ouled Nails Madam
Leonid Kinskey
Voluble Arab
Henry Kleinbach
Michael Mark
Coachman
Louis Mercier
Russell Powell
Ouled Nails Proprietor
Adrian Rosley
Mustapha
Bob Stevenson
De Trevignac's Patrol
John Bryan
Brother Gregory
Corky the Dog
Bous-Bous
Barry Downing
Little Boris
Dave Scott
Larby
Henry Brandon

Critic Reviews for The Garden of Allah

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (5) | DVD (6)

Lacks a fresh point of view and its people lack individuality.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

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Just another contract-player time-killer.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Seattle Times

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John Hartl

Seattle Times

More a collection of character vignettes than a full-blown story, Garden Party nonetheless shows as much promise for its makers as it gives to its characters.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Oregonian

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Marc Mohan

Oregonian

Nothing new in writer-director Jason Freeland's Garden Party, then, nor anything particularly insightful about the mercenary business of getting by and ahead out here.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News

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Bob Strauss

Los Angeles Daily News

It's familiar stuff if you've sampled the vast body of work devoted to LA-dammerung.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

The stars talk gibberish in this romantic melodrama as if they have sand in their mouth.

February 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Exotic romance in early three-strip Technicolor with great stars.

January 29, 2004 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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How can this wonderful film be failed! I loved it and I really think the movie is underrated. The cinematography is one of the best in history, same for the art direction, costumes and specially Marlene Dietrich! Certainly Boyer was a bad actor, but the film is incredible and the restoration it recently had, makes it look like new.

September 2, 2010

victor lopez

Here we have Domini (Marlene Dietrich) in the desert in love with Boris (Charles Boyer) who is a Trappist monk. They get married, and suddenly a french legionnaire who recognises Boris from the past, appears and reveals a secret about Boris. Therefor Boris leaves Domini in agony. Does is sound interesting? I'll tell

June 20, 2009

Sherry Lee

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