The Flight from the Seraglio

Viggo Larsen, 1907, 9 min

When a young Englishman sees the caliph’s favourite wife, it is love at first sight. She shares his feelings, but the seraglio is heavily guarded and the strict caliph lets no-one near his harem. Still, the Englishman will do anything to get his beloved out of there – and with the help of a friend, he comes up with a plan.

English Intertitles.

Genre

Drama

Erotic melodrama

Production companies

Nordisk Films Kompagni

Production country

Denmark

Appearances

Viggo Larsen

Clara Nebelong

Maggi Zinn

Waldemar Petersen

Gustav Lund

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