Abdul the Damned ( 1935 )

Overview

In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the country's first constitutional government. With tensions still growing, chief of police Kadar Pasha assassinates Hassan Bey, the leader of the Old Turk party, and makes it look as if a Young Turk committed the crime, in order to give Abdul an excuse for arresting the Young Turk leaders. Meanwhile, Abdul becomes infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer. When she rejects his advances, she endangers both herself and her fiancé, a Turkish officer who also knows who really shot Hassan Bey.

Top Cast

Fritz Kortner

The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar

Adrienne Ames

Therese, Viennese Operetta Star

Nils Asther

Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police

John Stuart

Talak Pasha, Officer of Turkish Army

Esme Percy

Ali, the Grand Eunuch

Walter Rilla

Hassan-Bey

Charles Carson

Gen. Hilmi-Pasha

Patric Knowles

Omar - Hilmi's Attache

Eric Portman

Conspirastor

Clifford Heatherley

Court Doctor

Henry B. Longhurst

General of the Bodyguards

Annie Esmond

Therese's Train Companion

H. Saxon-Snell

Chief Interrogator

George Zucco

Officer of the Firing Squad

Robert Naylor

Opera Singer

Warren Jenkins

Young Turk Singer

Henry Peterson

Spy

Arthur Hardy

Ambassador