Shéhérazade (1963 film)
{{short description|1963 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Shéhérazade
| image = Shéhérazade-poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Pierre Gaspard-Huit
| producer = Michel Safra
Serge Silberman
Georges Lourau
| writer = Pierre Gaspard-Huit
José Gutiérrez Maesso
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
| starring = Anna Karina
Gérard Barray
António Vilar
| music = André Hossein
| cinematography = André Domage
Christian Matras
| editing = Louisette Hautecoeur
| studio = Ciné-Alliance
Dear Film Produzione
Filmsonor
Spéva Films
Tecisa
| distributor = Cinédis
| released = {{film date|1963|5|15|France|df=yes}}
| runtime = 124 minutes
| country = {{plainlist|*France
| budget =
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Shéhérazade or Scorching Sands is a 1963 adventure film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Anna Karina as the title character. The cast also featured Gérard Barray, António Vilar and Giuliano Gemma{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/109071/Scheherazade/overview |title=Shéhérazade |accessdate=25 January 2010 | first=Daniel J. | last=Wakin | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026092149/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/109071/Scheherazade/overview |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 | archive-date=26 October 2012}} The film is loosely based on the One Thousand and One Nights. The film's sets and costumes were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.
Plot
Baghdad in the year 809. The city is ruled by the Caliph, Haroun-al-Rashid, to whom the beautiful and spiritual Scheherazade has been promised. Ambassadors of Charlemagne arrive in Baghdad to ask the Caliph for free access to the Christian holy sites. Among these envoys from the west is the knight Renaud Villecroix, who falls in love with her. The grand vizier, enemy of the Caliph, ambushes a traveling party and takes Scheherazade prisoner, threatening to cut off her head. Renaud saves her and flees into the desert with her.
Cast
- Anna Karina as Shéhérazade
- Gérard Barray as Renaud de Villecroix
- António Vilar as Haroun-al-Raschid
- Giuliano Gemma as Didier
- Marilù Tolo as Shirin
- Fausto Tozzi as Barmak
- Gil Vidal - Thierry
- Jorge Mistral as Grand Vizir Zaccar
- Fernando Rey
- Joëlle LaTour as Anira
- Rafael Albaicín
- Karamoko Cisse
- María Calvi
- José Calvo
- Félix Fernández
- María Granada
- José Manuel Martín (as J.M. Martín)
Release
The film was released in France on May 15, 1963.
It was the 46th top-grossing film of 1963 in France, where it sold 1,375,848 tickets at the box office.{{cite web |title=Shéhérazade (1963) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=15106&view=2 |website=JP's Box-Office |language=fr |accessdate=26 June 2020}}{{rs|date=February 2023}} In Poland, it sold more than {{nowrap|2 million}} tickets, making it one of the thirteen highest-grossing foreign films in Poland {{as of|1968|lc=y}}.{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=Charles |last2=Hammond |first2=Robert |title=Polish Film: A Twentieth Century History |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-1-4766-0803-7 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tiYkCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA107}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0056485|title=Shéhérazade}}
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Category:1960s French-language films
Category:Films based on One Thousand and One Nights
Category:Films directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Category:Films produced by Serge Silberman
Category:Films set in 9th-century Abbasid Caliphate
Category:French historical adventure films
Category:Italian historical adventure films
Category:Spanish historical adventure films
Category:Films scored by André Hossein
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