Romantic drama starring Nastassja Kinski and Ben Kingsley. Kidnapped from the streets of New York, a young stockbroker wakes from a drugged sleep to find herself imprisoned in a remote desert palace. There she must await the pleasure of the mysterious Sheik Selim.
Obsession usually makes for good drama, but not this time. The kidnapping of Wall Street stockbroker Nastassja Kinski by enthralled Arab prince Ben Kingsley is an up-market white-slave story that looks ravishing, though nobody really gets ravished. The trouble is the prince is too sensitive for his own good or for his victim's bad. Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik wouldn't have stood for such nonsense. It all fizzles out in a welter of silly talk and a supposedly ironic ending - an ending that can't come soon enough.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Diane | Nastassja Kinski |
| Selim | Ben Kingsley |
| Massoud | Dennis Goldson |
| Affaf | Zohra Segal |
| Monsieur Raoul | Michel Robin |
| Zelide | Julette Simpson |
| Mrs Green | Karen Bowen |
| Italian worker | Teco Celio |
| American engineer | Norman Chancer |
| Woman in church | Charmagne Eckert |
| Judy | Rosanne Katon |
| Gypsy | Maria Kaushan |
| Massoud's assistant | A Khelloufe |
| Achmet | Maurice Lamy |
| Motel clerk | Henri Sarde |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Arthur Joffé |
