---
title: 'The Barbarian (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Wood'
released: '1933-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-barbarian-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023778/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Barbarian (1933)

1933 · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Barbarian, also known as A Night in Cairo, is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film produced and directed by Sam Wood and starring Ramon Novarro and Myrna Loy. Written by Elmer Harris and Anita Loos, and based on the 1911 play The Arab by Edgar Selwyn, the film is about an American woman tourist in Egypt who has several suitors, among them an Arab guide who is more than he seems. The film was released on May 12, 1933 in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The play had been filmed previously by MGM as The Arab (1924) with Novarro and Alice Terry.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sam Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-wood)
- **Screenplay:** [Anita Loos](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-loos), [Edgar Selwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-selwyn), [Elmer Blaney Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-blaney-harris)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)
- **Editor:** [Tom Held](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-held)

## Cast

- [Myrna Loy](https://cinepixo.com/people/myrna-loy)
- [Michael Visaroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-visaroff)
- [Ramón Novarro](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramon-novarro)
- [Albert Conti](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-conti)

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