Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero.
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Anna Karina
Shéhérazade
Gérard Barray
Renaud de Villecroix
António Vilar
Haroun-al-Raschid
Giuliano Gemma
Didier
Marilù Tolo
Shirin
Fausto Tozzi
Barmak
Gil Vidal
Thierry
Jorge Mistral
Grand Vizir Zaccar
Fernando Rey
Al Fakid
Joëlle Latour
Anira
Scheherazade is a drama, adventure film released in 1963. Directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit, it stars Anna Karina, Gérard Barray, António Vilar. Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero.
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