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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792862116
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0792862112
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 19, 2004
Running Time: 79 minutes
Sales Rank: 31299
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: November 19, 1936
Editorial Review:
Description:
Screen legends Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer 'achieve the finest performances of their careers' (Newsweek), as they taste forbidden fruit under the seductive, blazing skies of the Sahara.Featuring a sumptuous score by composer Max Steiner (Gone With the Wind), this sweeping epicof passionate romance is 'the most beautiful and atmospherically compelling picture ever made' (The Hollywood Reporter). After the death of her father, convent-educated Domini Enfilden (Dietrich) heads for the desert seeking peace. But instead of tranquility, the sultry beauty finds passion in the arms of Boris Androvsky (Boyer)secretly a Trappist monk who has broken his vows and lost his faith. Will Domini discover Boris' secret, and will his hidden past destroy their future happiness?
Amazon.com:
Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer play a pair of lost souls who meet in the desert. She is the sheltered Domini, looking for spiritual enlightenment in the Sahara. He is Boris, a young monk who has abandoned the monastery, wanting to experience the outside world. Together, they fall in love and try to come to terms with their mutual guilt while having a passionate affair. C. Aubrey Smith and Basil Rathbone serve as guides for Domini. John Carradine cameos as a bizarre fortune teller.
Unfortunately, even an excellent cast can't save this sandy soaper from itself. Although the Technicolor cinematography is gorgeous, and Dietrich sports a new and more stunning gown for every desert occasion, viewers will find no oasis to quench their thirst. Basically, this is a very early version of Hollywood's 'sex and sand' films, so popular in the 1950s--lush, unusual, and ultimately silly. --Mark Savary
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - GUILTY PLEASURES
Kitsch of such sublime silliness you may find yourself giggling days afterward. Marlene Dietrich is Domini a wealthy orphan who feels God has deserted her after the death of her father. She returns to her convent boarding school to ask the advise of the Reverend Mother who tells her to go to the desert & look for God there. (It worked for the Church Fathers.) Domini packs her chiffon & heads for North Africa. Meanwhile in North Africa a Trappist monk, Boris, (Charles Boyer with the most ... Read More
Rating:  - Visually stunning restoration - Dietrich never looked lovlier!
All classic films deserve to be seen on their own terms. "The Garden of Allah" is a product of 1936 Hollywood and an excellent product it is!
Early in the film we learn that a Trappist monk has run away from the monastery and forsaken his vows. When this is revealed to his brother monks their shock is almost palpable through the camera and across the decades. The runaway priest (Charles Boyer) soon crosses paths with a beautiful, kind and wealthy woman (Marlene Dietrich) who is going ... Read More
Rating: - Marlene glows in "Garden"
THE GARDEN OF ALLAH, produced by David Selznick in 1936, was famously one of the first movies to employ the use of the complete three-strip Technicolor process. Certainly, it was the first time that a film had been shot on location using the cumbersome Technicolor camera.
Following the death of her father, Domini Enfilden (Marlene Dietrich) journeys into the exotic deserts of Northern Africa to contemplate her life on a personal pilgrimage. There she meets Boris Androvsky (Charles Boyer), ... Read More
Rating: - BEAUTIFUL
This picture is the first movie entirely in color, and is beatiful. The story is simple: a monk in conflict with his faith meets a lovely lady who confuses him more. The subject is touched with tact and in a delicate way. Very recomandable. Timeless.
Rating: - Dabbling in the Desert
To be sure, this 1936 David O. Selznick production has a very tame storyline, bland even, by today's standards. But what it does have is Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer and Basil Rathbone and a steller cast, with beautiful music and some of the best Technicolor ever produced. It's well worth having as an example of Hollywood color filmmaking at its best.
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