The Seventh Door

Sep 27, 1947

1h 28m

★ 10.0

Overview

An old man about to die gives all his fortune to a young beggar he meets in an Arabian town. He takes him to his house (now the poor man's property) and he strongly advises him not to open one of the doors, the seventh door. "I could throw the key into the sea" says the young lad" No use, you'd dive to get it back". The young man is curious and he cannot resist temptation: he opens the forbidden door. A strange world is waiting for him where a girl, Leila, will be his guide .

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

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Cast

Ali

Georges Marchal

Léila

María Casares

Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)

The bus driver

Jean Servais

The official

Aimé Clariond

André Bervil

Georges Chamarat

Aicha

Catherine Arley

The Arab old man

Jean Périer

Jean Nosserot

Albert Glado

Liane Daydé

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