Stamboul (film)

Stamboul is a 1932 British drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Warwick Ward, Rosita Moreno, Margot Grahame, and Garry Marsh. It was shot at the Elstree Studios outside London. It was released by the British division of Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter, Hermann Warm and R. Holmes Paul. The film is based on the novel L'homme qui assasina (1906) by Claude Farrère and on a play by Pierre Frondaie. Buchowetski also co-directed El hombre que asesino with Fernando Gomis, the Spanish-language version of the film, also released by Paramount.[1]

Stamboul
Directed byDimitri Buchowetzki
Written byHeinz Goldberg
Harry Kahn
Henry Koster
Reginald Denham
Based onStamboul
1922 novel
1931 play
by Claude Farrère (novel)
Pierre Frondaie (play)
Produced byWalter Morosco
StarringWarwick Ward
Rosita Moreno
Margot Grahame
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
company
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
28 March 1932
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Premise

In the lead-up to the First World War, a French military attaché falls in love with the wife of a prominent German in Stamboul (the central part of Constantinople, now known in entirety as Istanbul) in the Ottoman Empire.

Cast

See also

References
  1. BFI Database entry
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