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The Broken Pots
🇹🇷 TurkeyDirected by Memduh Ün
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Oh Islam
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇸🇾 Syria The 13th CenturySet in the 14th century. Under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem (Lubna Aziz) rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders.
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The Wizard of Baghdad
🇮🇶 IraqENTER A WORLD OF 1001 THRILLS! — A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a prophecy.
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Exodus
🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇮🇱 Israel 🇵🇸 Palestine The 1940sBased on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman), a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
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David and Goliath
🇮🇱 IsraelOrson Welles stars in this familiar Old Testament tale about the Philistines and the Israelites. When the Philistines attack, the Israelites are hopeless against the fierce giant Goliath and don't know what to do. King Saul takes the advice of the prophets and sends an adolescent shepherd, David, into battle to conquer the oversized Philistine. David is victorious and becomes the King of Israel.
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A Story of David
🇮🇱 IsraelDirected by Bob McNaught. King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's armies. Now Saul, egged on by his Edomite counselor Doeg, attempts to have David killed. Saul's son, and David's best friend, Jonathan, conspires to help David, who is reluctant to fight back against his own people the Israelites.
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Die Herrin der Welt - Teil I
🇹🇷 TurkeyProfessor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough; a device that will create a huge magnetic pulse that knocks out all electricity over a continent-wide area. The military applications are already being thought of when Dr. Johansson is kidnapped by a group of profit-seeking mercenaries. Meanwhile, his daughter, Karin, finds herself having to consort with all manner of shady characters as she searches for her father.
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Baghdadh Thirudan
🇮🇶 IraqBaghdad Thirudan is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film produced and directed by T. P. Sundaram.
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For Chastity
🇹🇷 TurkeyA young taxi-driver tries to make his newly married wife happy and joyful. But the wife, seduced by luxury and class, thinks otherwise and it leads to bad outcomes.
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Burning Sands
🇯🇴 JordanA little group of people in Israel decides to track down a treasure which, according to the legend, is placed in the city of Petra in the kingdom of Jordan. No man ever survived this treasurehunt "to the other side" (of the Jordan River) before and the adventure ends up with fatal consequences.
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Guys from the Army Band
🇦🇲 ArmeniaNvagakhmbi Tghanere — Bolshevik Tsolak Darbinyan is infiltrated into Dashnak Army as a musician of Army music band. Despite the initial personal conflict with band leader Arsen, he is able to win the friendship of young band musicians including Arsen and to persuade them to back him on the eve of the Bolshevik invasion to Armenia.
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Istanbul
🇹🇷 TurkeyHe must find his true love...all over again. — A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?
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Helen of Troy
🇹🇷 Turkey Ancient HistoryIts towering wonders span the age of titans! — Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.
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Alexander the Great
🇮🇶 Iraq The 4th Century BCThe colossus who conquered the world! — He was a fierce military commander who led huge armies into battle without a single defeat; a magnificent warrior who many believed was part god - this was Alexander the Great (Richard Burton), the legendary Greek hero hailed by his countrymen as "The King of Kings". Born in 356 B.C. into a turbulent world of political unrest, educated by Aristotle (Barry Jones) and chosen to lead his people in the grand tradition of his powerful father (Fredric March), this glamorous world conqueror rose above all conflict to unite the continents of Europe and Asia to become one of the most celebrated rulers of all time! Written, produced and directed by Oscar - winner Robert Rossen and featuring the extraordinary Claire Bloom and a remarkable cast of thousands, this stunning portrait of one of history's most fascinating figures is colossal entertainment and an amazing spectacle.
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Son of Sinbad
🇮🇶 IraqHOLD ON TO YOUR TURBANS! Here comes Adventure's boldest son! — Legendary pirate and adventurer Sinbad is in single-minded pursuit of two things: beautiful women and a substance called Greek Fire--an early version of gunpowder.
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Kismet
🇮🇶 IraqFAMED STAGE HIT GLORIFIED ON THE SCREEN! — A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph.
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Abu Hassan The Thief
🇮🇶 IraqAbu Hassan is a person who lives on stealing and just wonders about in the city with his dear friend Kassim from one place to another place steling stuff to make a living. One day as they were wondering in the city of Baghdad, they were stunned at the beauty of Princess Faridah who passed by escorted by her bodyguards. Abu Hassan dreamt that one day he could marry her. He was so into her that he wanted to meet her but impossibly enough the whole palace was guarded tightly and there was surely no way in. But his dream came true when he stole a magic cane. How far will he go with his dream of meeting the Princess?
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Bowery to Bagdad
🇮🇶 IraqAbracadabra!...They're Insultin' The Sultan's Babes! — The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers.
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Hill 24 Doesn't Answer
🇮🇱 Israel The 1940sThe passionate love story of a fighting Irishman and an Israeli lass. — First movie produced in Israel deals with the outbreak of hostilities during the war for independence in 1947.
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The Silver Chalice
🇮🇱 Israel The 1st CenturyI bid you seek the lost silver cup... for sin is rising like the swollen rivers... — A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
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The Queen of Babylon
🇮🇶 Iraq Ancient HistoryShe Was LOVE'S SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD! — In this Biblical epic, a brave Chaldean rebel takes on his evil nemesis, a cruel Assyrian king. En route to his fateful meeting, the rebel hides in the humble hut of a luscious peasant girl.
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Theodora, Slave Empress
🇹🇷 Turkey The 6th CenturyMistress Of A Barbaric Empire - Master Of An Unconquerable Emperor! — Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.
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Heimweh nach Deutschland
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The Golden Blade
🇮🇶 IraqHis Blade Of Gold... A Legend In Battle! Her Kiss Of Surrender... The Prize Of Victory! — Harum is a fearless man of the people who comes to Bagdad to avenge the murder of his father and meets Krairuzan, a princess disguised as a commoner, working against a plot by a band of evil schemers trying to do away with her father, the Caliph. She gives Harum a golden sword which, in his hands, makes him invincible. Harum uses the sword in the name of justice and is doing quite well until a duplicate sword is placed in his scabbard during one of his off-guard moments, and he winds up in chains.
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Dracula in Istanbul
🇹🇷 TurkeyAzmi is a lawyer from Istanbul. Drakula of Romania has assumed a new title. Azmi travels to Romania for legal matters. He is warned of Drakula but Azmi is a strong believer of goodness. This Turkish-made film sticks fairly close to the original plot of Bram Stoker's novel.
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Siren of Bagdad
🇮🇶 IraqVery, Very Gay! When the Sultan's Away, and the Royal Magician Starts to Play...in the Harem! — Director Richard Quine's 1953 adventure comedy about a magician's efforts to rescue a dancing princess stars Patricia Medina, Paul Henreid, Hans Conried, Laurette Luez and Michael Fox.
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Barabbas
🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇮🇱 Israel The 1st CenturyThe story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
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Admiral Ushakov
🇹🇷 Turkey The 19th Century The 18th CenturyHistorical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.
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The Sob
🇹🇷 TurkeyAfter his mother had died, Kenan (Muzaffer Tema) left the home to take care of a goodhearted rich man, whose daughter Nalan (Nedret Güvenç) fell deeply in love with him...
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The Juggler
🇮🇱 Israel The 1940sThe story of a man of passions ! — A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.
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Die Rose von Stambul
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Slaves of Babylon
🇮🇶 Iraq Ancient HistoryBABYLON FALLS IN FLAMES! — The Jews are taken from Jerusalem and made slaves by King Nebuchadnezzar. In the meantime Cyrus, king of the Persians, who has been living as a shepherd, is proclaimed king and defeats Nebuchadnezzar.
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The Veils of Bagdad
🇮🇶 Iraq The 16th CenturyFor gold ! For glory ! For wild pagan lips ! — Antar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad, from purchasing the services of local leader Mustapha to unite the hill tribes and overthrow the emperor. The intrigue mounts as Antar falls in love with dancer Selima, who tries to avenge her father's death against Hammam's right-hand-man Kasseim, whose wife Rosanna has fallen in love with Antar!
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5 Fingers
🇹🇷 Turkey The 1940sThe true story of the most fabulous spy of all time! — During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
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Thief of Damascus
🇸🇾 SyriaAladdin! Sinbad! Ali Baba! Scheherezade! — A young man assembles a band of adventurers to take on an evil sultan.
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The Queen of Sheba
🇮🇱 IsraelFabulous Spectacle! Colorful Magnificence! Barbaric Splendor! — The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.
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The Thief of Bagdad
🇮🇶 IraqFatma has quite the talent for getting herself into trouble and escaping with her head intact. But when she's caught rifling through Caliph Omar's possessions, she finds herself in serious trouble. News of a theft makes the rounds and now the caliph's men are after her. Fortunately, she's able to find refuge with a sheikh, who isn't quite so thorough in checking his possessions. And it's thanks to him, that Fatma is able to get away with her newly acquired goods.
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Sirocco
🇸🇾 Syria The 1920sBEYOND CASABLANCA . . . Fate, in a Low-cut Gown, Lies in Wait for Bogart! — A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.
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David and Bathsheba
🇮🇱 IsraelMighty as Goliath! — King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
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Othello
🇨🇾 Cyprus The 16th CenturyOrson Welles' magnificent screening of Shakespeare's immortal tragedy — When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Brabantio, her old suitor Roderigo takes it hard. He allies himself with Iago, who has his own grudge against Othello, and the two conspire to bring Othello down. When their first plan, to have him accused of witchcraft, fails, they plant evidence intended to make him believe Desdemona is unfaithful.
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Flame Of Stamboul
🇹🇷 TurkeyAn American agent working undercover as a cafe pianist in Cairo sets out to capture a notorious spy and jewel thief known as "The Voice". Director Ray Nazarro's 1951 drama stars Richard Denning, Lisa Ferraday, Norman Lloyd, George Zucco, Nestor Paiva, Donald Randolph and Dick Elliott.
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Helen of Troy
🇹🇷 Turkey Ancient HistoryIntrigues and entanglements before Prince Paris wins the heart of beautiful Helena. It all happens in the small kingdom of Arcadia at the time of the Trojan War. Swedish version of Jacques Offenbach's operetta of the classic Greek myth.
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The Fires of Baku
🇦🇿 AzerbaijanDedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR.
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The Rose of Baghdad
🇮🇶 IraqA snake charmer's genie helps rescue his master's sweetheart (Princess Zeila) from a wicked Sheikh.
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Bagdad
🇮🇶 Iraq The 19th CenturyThe picture of 1001 pleasures! ...1001 adventures! ...1001 delights! — An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and his Black Riders.
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Sword in the Desert
🇵🇸 PalestineTheir story is written in the burning sands and Bullets Sing the Fame of Their Deeds ! — First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.
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