In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the country's first constitutional government. With tensions still growing, chief of police Kadar Pasha assassinates Hassan Bey, the leader of the Old Turk party, and makes it look as if a Young Turk committed the crime, in order to give Abdul an excuse for arresting the Young Turk leaders. Meanwhile, Abdul becomes infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer. When she rejects his advances, she endangers both herself and her fiancé, a Turkish officer who also knows who really shot Hassan Bey.
Directed by Karl Grune
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TrailerOfficial"Abdul the Damned": Out on DVD 08/07/2013
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Cast

Fritz Kortner
The Sultan, Abdul Hamid II & Kislar

Adrienne Ames
Therese, Viennese Operetta Star

Nils Asther
Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police

John Stuart
Talak Pasha, Officer of Turkish Army

Esme Percy
Ali, the Grand Eunuch

Walter Rilla
Hassan-Bey

Charles Carson
Gen. Hilmi-Pasha

Patric Knowles
Omar - Hilmi's Attache

Eric Portman
Conspirastor

Clifford Heatherley
Court Doctor
Henry B. Longhurst
General of the Bodyguards
Annie Esmond
Therese's Train Companion
H. Saxon-Snell
Chief Interrogator

George Zucco
Officer of the Firing Squad
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