Pasha's Wives

Pasha's Wives

98 mins | Comedy | Feb. 18, 1939

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.

Pasha's Wives

98 mins | Comedy | Feb. 18, 1939

Pasha's Wives
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.
Producers Lucía Films
Original title L'Esclave blanche
Directors Marc Sorkin, G.W. Pabst
Writers Lilo Dammert, Léo Lania, Ákos Tolnay

Cast

Viviane Romance

as Mireille, l'épouse française

Marcel Dalio

as le sultan Soliman

John Lodge

as Vedad Bey, son mari,

Mila Parély

as Tarkine

Saturnin Fabre

as Djemal Pacha

Marcel Lupovici

as Mourad

Roger Blin

as Mair

Louise Carletti

as Sheila

Sylvie

as Saféle, la mère

Paulette Pax

as l'amie de Safète

Joe Alex

as Ali

Nicolas Amato

as un voyageur

Jean Brochard

as le chef électricien

Albert Brouett

as un conseiller

Hugues de Bagratide

as un fonctionnaire

Marcel Duhamel

as l'électricien

Claire Gérard

as une visiteuse

Léon Larive

as un fonctionnaire

Odette Talazac

as la mère de Soliman