Daughter of the Sands (1949)

Name: Daughter of the Sands
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1949-01-11

1h 1m

Running Time

Plot.

This Moroccan romance is a kind of Arab Tristan and Isolde: the heroine kills herself when she is convinced no one cares for her, the young nobleman she thought would love her is killed by a madwoman.

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Cast & Crew.

Denise Cardi

The Princess

Jean Cocteau

Narrator (voice)

Himoud Brahimi

The jester

Larbi Tounsi

The Prince

Duncan Elliott

Narrator (voice)

Bent Larsen

The Prince

Gina Manès

André Zwobada

Director / Writer

André Bac

Cinematography

Bernard Dardaine

Sound

Georges Auric

Music

Charles Bretoneiche

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 11, 1949

Original Name
Les Noces De Sable

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 1m

Genres
Romance Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

Desert Wedding (French: Les noces de sable) is a 1948 French drama film directed by André Zwoboda and starring Denise Cardi, Larbi Tounsi and Himmoud Brahimi. Location shooting took place in the Atlas Mountains of French Morocco. It was originally screened at the 1948 Venice Film Festival before being released in France the following year. The narration was spoken by filmmaker Jean Cocteau. In the United States it was released in 1952 by DisCina with the alternative title of Daughter of the Sands.