Abdul the Damned
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In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the country's first constitutional government. With tensions still growing, chief of police Kadar Pasha assassinates Hassan Bey, the leader of the Old Turk party, and makes it look as if a Young Turk committed the crime, in order to give Abdul an excuse for arresting the Young Turk leaders. Meanwhile, Abdul becomes infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer. When she rejects his advances, she endangers both herself and her fiancé, a Turkish officer who also knows who really shot Hassan Bey.
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Fritz Kortner
The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar
Known for
Pandora's Box
The Hands of Orlac
Adrienne Ames
Therese, Viennese Operetta Star
Also in
The Death Kiss
Slander House
Nils Asther
Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police
Known for
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Bluebeard
John Stuart
Talak Pasha, Officer of Turkish Army
Known for
Number Seventeen
The Pleasure Garden
Esme Percy
Ali, the Grand Eunuch
Known for
Murder!
Dead of Night
Walter Rilla
Hassan-Bey
Known for
Day of Anger
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Charles Carson
Gen. Hilmi-Pasha
Known for
Secret Agent
The Dam Busters
Patric Knowles
Omar - Hilmi's Attache
Known for
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Wolf Man
Eric Portman
Conspirastor
Known for
A Canterbury Tale
The Colditz Story
Clifford Heatherley
Court Doctor
Also in
The Rise of Catherine the Great
Cash
Henry B. Longhurst
General of the Bodyguards
Also in
The Prisoner
Best of Friends
Annie Esmond
Therese's Train Companion
Also in
The Recoil
Let the People Sing
Karl Grune Director · Robert Neumann Story Hanns Eisler Composer
United States release May 10, 1936 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Columbia Pictures
Production
Alliance-Capital Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 5, 1935
Theatrical
United States · May 10, 1936
Theatrical
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