Desert rebel
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Desert rebel |
| Original title | harem |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 187 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | William Hale |
| script | Karol Ann Hoeffner |
| production | Michael Dryhurst |
| music | John Scott |
| camera | Donald M. Morgan |
| cut |
Peter Boita , Jason Krasucki , John F. Link |
| occupation | |
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Rebel of the Desert (Original title: Harem ) is a two-part American television film directed by William Hale from 1986.
action
Jessica travels from England to Damascus with her father to be with her fiancé Charles, who has suddenly been called to a diplomatic mission. When Jessica goes on a trip into the desert, she is attacked by Bedouins, kidnapped and finally sold to the sultan's harem .
Tarik Pasha, the man who held her prisoner, is actually not a Bedouin, but a revolutionary who studied abroad. He trades Jessica, with whom he has since fallen in love, for his friends who are held in the Sultan's prison. Jessica's fiancé Charles hires Tarik Pasha to free her again, not knowing that the man has kidnapped her. In the meantime, Jessica gets to know a new life in the harem and finally meets the sultan. She is impressed by him and begins to like him, but she hates the Sultan's only wife so much that she wants to have Jessica murdered.
When her former kidnapper Tarik appears in the harem to free her, she finally learns how the Sultan is suppressing the people. She begins to understand Tarik's struggle against the Sultan and decides to help him.
Production and publication
The film was produced in 1986 by Highgate Pictures and New World Television. Directed by William Hale and written by Karol Ann Hoeffner . The music was composed by John Scott and Donald M. Morgan was responsible for the camera work.
The film first aired on February 9, 1986 by ABC in the United States. This was later published by Highlight Video and Transvídeo in Brazil.
criticism
"Melodramatic adventure film with all the ingredients of oriental exoticism, reproduced for American television."
Web links
- Rebel desert in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Desert Rebel in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed May 15, 2009