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| name = Sumurun
| name = Sumurun
| image = Sumurum-1920.jpg
| image = Sumurum-1920.jpg
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| caption = Film poster
| caption = movie poster
| director = [[Ernst Lubitsch]]
| director = [[Ernst Lubitsch]]
| producer = [[Paul Davidson (producer)|Paul Davidson]]
| producer = [[Paul Davidson (producer)|Paul Davidson]]
| writer = [[Hanns Kräly]]<br>[[Ernst Lubitsch]]
| writer = {{plainlist|
* [[Hanns Kräly]]
* Ernst Lubitsch
}}
| narrator =
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| starring = ''see below''
| starring = ''see below''
| music =
| music =
| cinematography = [[Theodor Sparkuhl]]<br>[[Fritz Arno Wagner]]
| cinematography = {{plainlist|
* [[Theodor Sparkuhl]]
* [[Fritz Arno Wagner]]
}}
| editing =
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| distributor = {{ubl|UFA|[[First National Pictures]] (U.S. release)}}
| released = September 1, 1920
| released = {{film date|1920|9|1|df=y}}
| runtime = 103 min
| runtime = 103 minutes
| country = Germany
| country = Germany
| language =
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* Silent (German [[intertitle]]s)
* English intertitles (U.S. release)
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[[File:Sumurun - One Arabian Night (1920) by Ernst Lubitsch.webm | thumb | ''Sumurun'' (1920) by Ernst Lubitsch]]
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'''''Sumurun''''' (a.k.a. ''One Arabian Night'') is a 1920 German silent film directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]] based on a [[pantomime]] by {{ill|Friedrich Freksa|de}}.


==Plot==

A company of travelling performers arrive at a fictional oriental city. It includes the beautiful dancer Yannaia, the hunchback clown Yeggar who is lovesick for Yannaia and the Old Lady who loves Yeggar. The slave trader Achmed wants to sell Yannaia to the Sheik for his harem. At the Palace, the Sheik finds out that his favourite, Sumurun, is in love with Nur-Al Din, the handsome clothes merchant. He wants to condemn her to death but his son obtains her pardon. After seeing Yannaia dancing, the Sheik is keen to buy her. Yeggar is desperate and takes a magic pill which makes him look dead. His body is hidden in a chest. The women from the harem come to Nur-Al Din's shop and hide him in a chest so that he can be brought into the Palace. The chest containing Yeggar's body is also brought to the Palace and the Old Lady manages to revive him. The Sheik finds Yannaia making love to his son and kills both of them. He then finds Sumurun making love to Nur-Al Din and wants to kill them but he is stabbed in the back by Yeggar.<ref>Review, synopsis and link to watch the film: {{cite web |url=http://www.acinemahistory.com/2014/11/sumurun-1920.html|title=A cinema history|accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref>
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'''''Sumurun''''' (aka ''One Arabian Night'') is a [[1920 in film|1920]] [[Germany|German]] silent film directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]].


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Paul Wegener]] as the Old Sheikh
*[[Carl Clewing]] as the Young Sheikh
* [[Paul Wegener]] as the Old Sheikh
*[[Jenny Hasseqvist]] as Sumurun
* [[Carl Clewing]] as the Young Sheikh
*[[Aud Egede Nissen]] as Haidee, a Servant
* [[Jenny Hasselquist]] as Sumurun
*[[Harry Liedtke]] as Nur-Al Din, the Cloth Merchant
* [[Aud Egede-Nissen]] as Haidee, a Servant
*[[Paul Graetz]] as Puffti, a Servant
* [[Harry Liedtke]] as Nur-Al Din, the Cloth Merchant
*[[Max Kronert]] as Muffti, a Servant
* [[Paul Graetz]] as Puffti, a Servant
*[[Ernst Lubitsch]] as Yeggar, the Hunchback Beggar
* [[Max Kronert]] as Muffti, a Servant
*[[Margarete Kupfer]] as an Old Woman
* [[Ernst Lubitsch]] as Yeggar, the Hunchback Beggar
*[[Pola Negri]] as Yannaia, a Dancer
* [[Margarete Kupfer]] as an Old Woman
*[[Paul Biensfeldt]] as Achmed, the Slave Trader
* [[Pola Negri]] as Yannaia, a Dancer
*[[Jakob Tiedtke]] as Head Eunuch
* [[Paul Biensfeldt]] as Achmed, the Slave Trader
* [[Jakob Tiedtke]] as Head Eunuch
}}

==Production==
The filming of ''Sumurun'' began at the Ufa studios Union Berlin [[Tempelhof Studios]] on 13 March 1920. The monumental sets were realised by [[Kurt Richter (art director)|Kurt Richter]] and [[Ernő Metzner]]. The costumes were designed by {{ill|Ali Hubert|de||it}}. This is the last film in which Ernst Lubitsch starred. ''Sumurun'' was classified by the Film Censor's Office as not suitable for minors. The première took place on 1 September 1920 in the [[Ufa-Palast am Zoo]] in Berlin.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

==Reception==
In Germany, ''Sumurun'' was highly praised by contemporary critics and was described as "a cinematic journey into a universe of emotions and passions of great intensity and utter perfection, with a remarkable Ernst Lubitsch in one of the main roles."<ref>Klaus Brüne (Hrsg.): ''Lexikon des Internationalen Films''. Band 7. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, S. 3658.</ref>

In America, ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that ''One Arabian Night'' (the title under which ''Sumurun'' was released) gave added evidence that Ernst Lubitsch "is the superior of most directors anywhere, and that Pola Negri, a Polish-German actress, is one of the few real players of the screen who can make a character live and be something other than an actress playing a part." It concluded that, despite some shortcomings, it remained one of the year's best pictures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9801E4D6123EEE3ABC4B53DFB667838A639EDE|title=New-York Times, October 3, 1921|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref>


==DVD releases==
==DVD releases==
The film was released in the US by [[Kino_International_%28company%29|Kino Lorber]] as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin" in 2007 with English intertitles. It was also released in the UK by Eureka's [[Masters_of_Cinema|Masters of Cinema]] series as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin: Fairy-Tales, Melodramas, and Sex Comedies" in 2010 with German intertitles and English subtitles.
The film was released on [[DVD-Video|DVD]] in the U.S. by [[Kino Lorber]] as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin" in 2007 with English [[intertitle]]s. It was also released in the UK by Eureka's [[Masters of Cinema]] series as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin: Fairy-Tales, Melodramas, and Sex Comedies" in 2010 with German intertitles and English subtitles.

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|id=0011742|title=Sumurun}}
* {{Commons category-inline|Sumurun}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0011742|title=Sumurun}}


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Latest revision as of 09:58, 4 August 2024

Sumurun
Film poster
Directed byErnst Lubitsch
Written by
Produced byPaul Davidson
Starringsee below
Cinematography
Distributed by
Release date
  • 1 September 1920 (1920-09-01)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages
  • Silent (German intertitles)
  • English intertitles (U.S. release)
Sumurun (1920) by Ernst Lubitsch

Sumurun (a.k.a. One Arabian Night) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch based on a pantomime by Friedrich Freksa [de].

Plot

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A company of travelling performers arrive at a fictional oriental city. It includes the beautiful dancer Yannaia, the hunchback clown Yeggar who is lovesick for Yannaia and the Old Lady who loves Yeggar. The slave trader Achmed wants to sell Yannaia to the Sheik for his harem. At the Palace, the Sheik finds out that his favourite, Sumurun, is in love with Nur-Al Din, the handsome clothes merchant. He wants to condemn her to death but his son obtains her pardon. After seeing Yannaia dancing, the Sheik is keen to buy her. Yeggar is desperate and takes a magic pill which makes him look dead. His body is hidden in a chest. The women from the harem come to Nur-Al Din's shop and hide him in a chest so that he can be brought into the Palace. The chest containing Yeggar's body is also brought to the Palace and the Old Lady manages to revive him. The Sheik finds Yannaia making love to his son and kills both of them. He then finds Sumurun making love to Nur-Al Din and wants to kill them but he is stabbed in the back by Yeggar.[1]

Cast

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Production

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The filming of Sumurun began at the Ufa studios Union Berlin Tempelhof Studios on 13 March 1920. The monumental sets were realised by Kurt Richter and Ernő Metzner. The costumes were designed by Ali Hubert [de; it]. This is the last film in which Ernst Lubitsch starred. Sumurun was classified by the Film Censor's Office as not suitable for minors. The première took place on 1 September 1920 in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.[citation needed]

Reception

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In Germany, Sumurun was highly praised by contemporary critics and was described as "a cinematic journey into a universe of emotions and passions of great intensity and utter perfection, with a remarkable Ernst Lubitsch in one of the main roles."[2]

In America, The New York Times wrote that One Arabian Night (the title under which Sumurun was released) gave added evidence that Ernst Lubitsch "is the superior of most directors anywhere, and that Pola Negri, a Polish-German actress, is one of the few real players of the screen who can make a character live and be something other than an actress playing a part." It concluded that, despite some shortcomings, it remained one of the year's best pictures.[3]

DVD releases

[edit]

The film was released on DVD in the U.S. by Kino Lorber as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin" in 2007 with English intertitles. It was also released in the UK by Eureka's Masters of Cinema series as part of the box set "Lubitsch in Berlin: Fairy-Tales, Melodramas, and Sex Comedies" in 2010 with German intertitles and English subtitles.

References

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  1. ^ Review, synopsis and link to watch the film: "A cinema history". Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ Klaus Brüne (Hrsg.): Lexikon des Internationalen Films. Band 7. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, S. 3658.
  3. ^ "New-York Times, October 3, 1921". Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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