---
title: 'Secrets of the Orient (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anatole Litvak'
released: '1928-10-19'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/secrets-of-the-orient-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023448/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Secrets of the Orient (1928)

1928 · 103 min · Drama, Adventure · Germany, France

Original title: Geheimnisse des Orients

## Synopsis

Secrets of the Orient is a 1928 German-French silent drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Nikolas Kolin, Iván Petrovich and Dimitri Dimitriev. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin while Location shooting took place in Nice and French Tunisia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexandre Lochakoff and Vladimir Meingard. A sound version of the film was prepared by Gaumont for English speaking audiences. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak), [Alexandre Volkoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-volkoff)
- **Screenplay:** [Alexandre Volkoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-volkoff), [Norbert Falk](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-falk)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Willy Schmidt-Gentner](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-schmidt-gentner)
- **Producer:** [Gregor Rabinovitch](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregor-rabinovitch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Curt Courant](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-courant)

## Cast

- [Nikolay Kolin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-kolin)
- [Hermann Picha](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-picha)
- [Marcella Albani](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcella-albani)
- [Alexander Vertinsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-vertinsky)
- [Iván Petrovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-petrovich)
- [Brigitte Helm](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-helm)
- [Nina Koshetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-koshetz)
- [Dita Parlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/dita-parlo)
- [Julius Falkenstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-falkenstein)
- [Gaston Modot](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaston-modot)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/secrets-of-the-orient-1928
Film facts: Wikidata (Q3819226); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.