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Francis D'Autheville. Writer: Saadia. Francis D'Autheville is known for Saadia (1953).
Francis D'Autheville. Writer: Saadia. Francis D'Autheville is known for Saadia (1953).
Saadia is a 1953 adventure film directed by Albert Lewin and starring Mel Ferrer and Cornel Wilde. Set in Morocco, and based on a novel by the French writer Francis D'Autheville, it tells of a love triangle.
Synopsis. French-educated Moroccan Prince Si Lahssen visits a clinic in the small village of Anahout, where his friend Henrik, a French doctor, is struggling to bring Western medicine to the superstitious desert people. Henrik accompanies the prince to another village during tax collection, and Si Lahssen urges his people to forsake their ...
Lewin's weakest film, which he adapted from a French novel ( Echec au destin by Francis D'Autheville), is set in Morocco and deals with the efforts of a Parisian doctor (Ferrer), abetted by the...
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Mar 23, 2016 · Lewin’s screenplay is based on the novel Echeck au Destin by French writer Francis D’Autheville. Saadia was filmed entirely in Morocco and is thought to be the first Technicolor feature wholly filmed on location.