Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Shiraz: A Romance of India is a Allemand film of genre Drama released in USA on 26 september 1928 with Himanshu Rai

Shiraz: A Romance of India (1928)

Shiraz

Shiraz: A Romance of India
If you like this film, let us know!
Released in USA 26 september 1928
Length 1h37
OriginGerman
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating70% 3.5211453.5211453.5211453.5211453.521145

Shiraz est un film germano-britannico-indien réalisé par Franz Osten, sorti en 1928. Il s'agit du second volet d'un triptyque d'Himanshu Rai qui débute par Prem Sanyas (1925) et se termine par Prapancha Pash (1929). Les trois films évoquent des thèmes indiens et en particulier les religions de ce pays. Le premier rappelle le bouddhisme en racontant les origines de Gautama Buddha. Le dernier fait référence à l'hindouisme en proposant une variation autour du thème de la partie de dés qui oppose les Pandava aux Kaurava dans le Mahābhārata. Shiraz quant à lui plonge ses racines dans l'Inde musulmane de l'empire moghol.

Réalisé dans un style orientaliste, Shiraz raconte les événements qui ont mené à la construction du Taj Mahal. Comme Shahjahan (1924) ou Mumtaz Mahal (1926) avant lui, et Shahjehan (1946) ou Taj Mahal (1963) après lui, Shiraz s'éloigne de la réalité historique au profit d'un conte imaginaire.

Synopsis

Au XVII siècle en Inde, une caravane acheminant la très jeune princesse Arjumand est attaquée par une horde de bandits. Ceux qui ne sont pas capturés sont tués. La petite fille échappe par miracle à la razzia mais se retrouve seule à errer dans le désert. Un potier qui passe par là en rentrant à son village la recueille. Ignorant qu'elle est de sang royal, il l'adopte et la nomme Selima. Elle devient la camarade de jeu de son fils Shiraz. Les deux enfants qui ont à peu près le même âge grandissent ensemble et peu à peu, leur amitié juvénile se meut en amour.

Actors

Himanshu Rai

(Shiraz)
Charu Roy

(Prince Khurram)
Seeta Devi

(Dalia)
Trailer of Shiraz: A Romance of India

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to Shiraz: A Romance of India

There are 3 films with the same actors, 67071 with the same cinematographic genres (including 13175 with exactly the same 2 genres than Shiraz: A Romance of India), 4334 films with the same themes (including 2173 films with the same 2 themes than Shiraz: A Romance of India), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked Shiraz: A Romance of India, you will probably like those similar films :
An Ideal Husband, 1h37
Directed by Oliver Parker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Cate Blanchett, Peter Vaughan, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam
Rating67% 3.3976253.3976253.3976253.3976253.397625
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs. Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old and the plot to help his friend has unintended consequences.
Love from a Stranger, 1h21
Directed by Richard Whorf
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors John Hodiak, Sylvia Sidney, Ann Richards, John Howard, Isobel Elsom, Ernest Cossart
Rating59% 2.953722.953722.953722.953722.95372
A woman fears her new husband will kill her.
Susan Slept Here, 1h38
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Christmas films, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis, Glenda Farrell, Alvy Moore, Les Tremayne
Rating63% 3.1976253.1976253.1976253.1976253.197625
Mark Christopher (Powell) is a successful thirty-five-year-old Hollywood screenwriter who has suffered from partial writer's block since winning an Academy Award and has been unable to produce a decent script. One Christmas Eve, he receives an unexpected and very unwanted surprise present.
Sissi
Sissi (1955)
, 1h42
Directed by Ernst Marischka
Origin Austria
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Actors Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth, Josef Meinrad, Uta Franz
Rating70% 3.5076853.5076853.5076853.5076853.507685
Princess Elisabeth, nicknamed "Sissi", is the second oldest daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She is a carefree, impulsive and nature-loving child. She is raised with her seven siblings at the family seat Possenhofen Castle on the shores of Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. She has a happy childhood free of constraints associated with her royal status.
The Phantom of the Opera, 2h23
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Ghost films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Simon Callow
Rating71% 3.5999153.5999153.5999153.5999153.599915
In the year 1919, the Opéra Populaire holds a public auction to clear the theatre's vaults. The Vicomte de Chagny purchases a papier-mâché music box in the shape of a monkey and eyes it sadly as Madame Giry, an aged woman dressed in black, watches him. The auctioneer then presents a shattered chandelier as the next item up for bid, explaining that it once played a key role in "the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opéra." As the chandelier is displayed for all to see, it flickers to life and slowly ascends to its original place in the rafters as the audience is transported back in time to the year 1870.
Why Did I Get Married?, 1h53
Directed by Tyler Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith
Rating59% 2.952932.952932.952932.952932.95293
Alors, que chaque hiver, un couple part en vacances avec leurs amis, l'un d'eux vient avec une fille ne laissant pas indifférent les maris. Bientôt, la zizanie…
Same Time, Next Year, 1h59
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda
Rating71% 3.595683.595683.595683.595683.59568
Deux jeunes mariés (mais pas ensemble) se rencontrent et tombent amoureux l'un de l'autre. Ne voulant pas se perdre sans pour autant renoncer à leurs mariages respectifs, ils décident de se revoir chaque année, jusqu'à la fin de leurs jours.
Romeo and Juliet
Directed by Yves Desgagnés
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about suicide, Théâtre, Romeo and Juliet, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Jeanne Moreau, Thomas Lalonde, Charlotte Aubin, Pierre Curzi, Gilles Renaud, Patrice Bélanger
Rating47% 2.3827752.3827752.3827752.3827752.382775
L'action se déroule dans les quartiers de Montréal, tout récemment aux prises avec des motards. Le juge Paul Véronneau de la Cour Supérieure du Québec et Réal Lamontagne, un criminel notoire, se livrent une guerre froide depuis des mois.
Blithe Spirit, 1h36
Directed by David Lean, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Ghost films, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Noel Coward
Actors Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Joyce Carey, Marie Ault
Rating69% 3.4984653.4984653.4984653.4984653.498465
Seeking background material for a mystery he is working on, novelist Charles Condomine (Harrison) invites eccentric medium Madame Arcati (Rutherford) to his home in Lympne, Kent, to conduct a séance. As Charles, his wife Ruth (Cummings), and their guests the Bradmans barely restrain themselves from laughing, Madame Arcati performs peculiar rituals and finally goes into a trance. Charles then hears the voice of his dead first wife, Elvira (Hammond). When he discovers that the others cannot hear her, he passes off his odd behaviour as a joke. When Arcati recovers, she is certain that something extraordinary has occurred, but everyone denies it.
Plaza Suite, 1h54
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant, Louise Sorel, Jenny Sullivan
Rating64% 3.2458753.2458753.2458753.2458753.245875
Like the play, the film is divided into three acts, all set in Suite 719 of New York City's Plaza Hotel. The first focuses on not-so-blissfully wedded couple Sam and Karen Nash, who are revisiting their honeymoon suite in an attempt - by Karen - to bring the love back into their marriage. Her plan backfires and the two become embroiled in a heated argument about whether or not Sam is having an affair with his secretary Miss McCormack. Sam eventually walks out, allegedly to attend to urgent business, and Karen is left to reflect on how much things have changed since they were newlyweds.