Eugénie Boldireff

The Tales of the Thousand and One Nights (1921)

Tells the story of the adventures of the resourceful Scheherazade. Newly married to Shahryar, a deranged monarch who murders his brides after the wedding night, Scheherazade manages to keep her head by entertaining her husband with exciting stories and always ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktor Tourjansky
CAST:  Nathalie Kovanko  •  Nicolas Rimsky  •  Paul Ollivier  •  Eugénie Boldireff

Tells the story of the adventures of the resourceful Scheherazade. Newly married to Shahryar, a deranged monarch who murders his brides after the wedding night, Scheherazade manages to keep her head by entertaining her husband with exciting stories and always ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktor Tourjansky
CAST:  Nathalie Kovanko  •  Nicolas Rimsky  •  Paul Ollivier  •  Eugénie Boldireff