Pasha's Wives

Overview

Mireille, a Frenchwoman, marries a westernized Turkish diplomat and, thinking that she will live a dream life in an Arabian Nights setting, follows him back to his native country, only to discover that, in a staunchly traditional society, she will not be a free woman there any longer.

Directed by G.W. Pabst, Marc Sorkin

Top cast

Viviane Romance

Mireille, the French wife

Marcel Dalio

Sultan Soliman

John Lodge

Vedad Bey, her husband

Mila Parély

Tarkine

Saturnin Fabre

Djemal Pacha

Marcel Lupovici

Mourad

Roger Blin

Mair

Louise Carletti

Sheila

Sylvie

Safèle, the mother

P

Paulette Pax

Safète's friend

Joe Alex

Ali

Nicolas Amato

Traveler

Jean Brochard

Chief electrician

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Albert Brouett

Advisor

Hugues de Bagratide

Civil servant

Marcel Duhamel

Electrician

Claire Gérard

Visitor

Léon Larive

Civil servant

Odette Talazac

Soliman’s mother

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