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Decameron Nights (1924 film)

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Decameron Nights
Directed byHerbert Wilcox
Written byGiovanni Boccaccio (novel)
Robert McLoughlin
Boyle Lawrence
Noel Rhys
Herbert Wilcox
Produced byErich Pommer
Herbert Wilcox
StarringLionel Barrymore
Ivy Duke
Werner Krauss
Bernhard Goetzke
CinematographyTheodor Sparkuhl
Music byGiuseppe Becce
Production
companies
Graham-Wilcox Productions
UFA
Distributed byDecla-Film
UFA (US)
Release date
  • 1 September 1924 (1924-09-01)
CountriesWeimar Republic
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Decameron Nights is a 1924 British-German silent drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Lionel Barrymore, Ivy Duke and Werner Krauss.[1] It is based on the novel Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Cast

Critical reception

In The New York Times, Mordaunt Hall wrote, "Decameron Nights, as it comes to the screen, is a tedious pictorial story with some good scenic effects and at least two good performances. The whole subject, however, lacks any suggestion of dramatic value, and one may therefore find time to ponder on many things that are not in the least connected with the picture...Werner Krauss figures as the Soldan and Lionel Barrymore plays the Soldan's son, Saladin. The narrative includes a slothful account of the Soldan's wish, or, rather, his command, that Saladin marry the daughter of the King of Algrave. Saladin, who, although he is begemmed and turbaned, does very much the same thing that sons do in this day—he falls in love with another girl, Perdita, and the old Soldan is so furious that, after kissing his son, he stabs the young man. And that ends the yarn. Mr. Barrymore does what he is able in the circumstances, but his work is not brilliant. Mr. Krauss acts exceedingly well, but most of his manoeuvrings are far from interesting." [2]

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