The Garden of Allah (1927)
96 min
Father Adrien had taken the vows of eternal silence, prayer and, of course, celibacy, when he entered the Trappist Monastry of Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algeria. One day, he chopped down a tree that blocked a part of the Monastery wall, but as it fell it knocked a young girl senseless. As Father Adrien bathes her face she regains consciousness and in a mischievous mood embraces him. The embrace was seen by another monk but the Monastic discipline imposed is as nothing compared to the torturing penances of mind and body which the contrite Father Adrien has imposed upon himself. In the end it is all too much for poor Father Adrien and he abandons his vows and escapes into the desert, resuming his secular name Androvsky. On the way to the oasis of Beni-Mora he encounters Domini Enfilden who has been brought up as a Catholic. Androvsky rescues Domini from a rioting crowd and she finds herself deeply attracted to him.
- Release date
- September 2, 1927
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- William Axt, Edward Bowes, David Mendoza
Cast
- Alice Terry as Domini Enfilden
- Iván Petrovich as Father Adrien
- Marcel Vibert as Count Anteoni
- H.H. Wright as Lord Rens
- Pâquerette as Suzanne
- Gerald Fielding as Batouch
- Armand Dutertre as The Priest of Beni-Mora
- Ben Sadour as The Sand Diviner
- Claude Fielding as Hadj
- Rehba Bent Salah as Ayesha
Crew
- Rex Ingram · Director
- Martin Brown · Writer
- Willis Goldbeck · Writer
- Robert Hichens · Writer
- William Axt · Composer
- Edward Bowes · Composer
- David Mendoza · Composer
- Monroe Bennett · Cinematographer
- Lee Garmes · Cinematographer
- Marcel Lucien · Cinematographer
- Arthur Ellis · Editor