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Sumurun
Sumurun
	Film poster
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Hanns Kräly; Ernst Lubitsch;
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	see below
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl; Fritz Arno Wagner;
Distributed by	UFA; First National Pictures (U.S. release);
Release date	1 September 1920;
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent (German intertitles); English intertitles (U.S. release);

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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

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

Paul Wegener as the Old Sheikh
Carl Clewing as the Young Sheikh
Jenny Hasselquist as Sumurun
Aud Egede-Nissen as Haidee, a Servant
Harry Liedtke as Nur-Al Din, the Cloth Merchant
Paul Graetz as Puffti, a Servant
Max Kronert as Muffti, a Servant
Ernst Lubitsch as Yeggar, the Hunchback Beggar
Margarete Kupfer as an Old Woman
Pola Negri as Yannaia, a Dancer
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 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

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

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

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

External links

Media related to Sumurun at Wikimedia Commons
Sumurun at IMDb

[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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+'''''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 Janaia, the hunchback clown Yeggar who is lovesick for Janaia and the Old Lady who loves Yeggar. The Slave Trader Achmed wants to sell Janaia 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 Janaia dancing, the Sheik is keen to buy her. Yeggar is desperate and takes a magic pill which make 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 Janaia 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 Yegger.<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>
+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>
 == Cast ==
+{{cast listing|
-*[[Paul Wegener]] as the Old Sheikh
-*[[Carl Clewing]] as the Young Sheikh
+* [[Paul Wegener]] as the Old Sheikh
-*[[Jenny Hasselqvist]] 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 [[Erno Metzner]]. The costumes were designed by [[Ali Hubert]]. This is the last film in which Ernst Lubitsch was starring. ''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}}
+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>
+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==
-The film was released in the US by [[Kino International (company)|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.
+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==
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 ==External links==
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+* {{Commons category-inline|Sumurun}}
 *{{IMDb title|id=0011742|title=Sumurun}}
 {{Ernst Lubitsch}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:1920 films]]
-[[Category:German films]]
 [[Category:Films of the Weimar Republic]]
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 [[Category:Films based on One Thousand and One Nights]]
 [[Category:Films shot at Tempelhof Studios]]
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+[[Category:UFA GmbH films]]
+[[Category:Silent adventure films]]
+[[Category:1920s German films]]
+[[Category:Silent epic films]]