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The Garden of Allah

1936 · 79 min

A lush, solemn desert romance steeped in spiritual torment and tragic longing, unfolding with old-Hollywood grandeur and a heavy sense of fate.

Genres
Drama, Romance, Adventure
Tagline
Two loves in conflict!
Overview
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
How it feels
Melancholic, romantic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Faith, love, guilt, isolation
Content
Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
Note
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Genres
Drama, Romance, Adventure
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • love
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • redemption
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance8
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, adventure
Directed by
Richard Boleslawski
Written by
Lynn Riggs, W.P. Lipscomb
Starring
Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine, Alan Marshal, Lucile Watson
Music
Max Steiner
Runtime
79 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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