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 (1906) by Claude Farrère and on a play by Pierre Frondaie. Buchowetski also co-directed with Fernando Gomis, the Spanish-language version of the film, also released by Paramount.BFI Database entry
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 Warwick Ward as Col André de Sevigne Rosita Moreno as Baroness von Strick Margot Grahame as Countess Elsa Talven Henry Charles Hewitt as Baron von Strick Garry Marsh as Prince Cernuwitz Alan Napier as Bouchier Abraham Sofaer as Mahmed Pasha Stella Arbenina as Mme. Bouchier Annie Esmond as Nurse Eric Pavitt as Franz
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