Eye for Eye


1918

Brief Synopsis

The daughter of an Arab sheik falls in love with a French naval officer, thus breaking the strict rule of social law of her people, as well as her religion. She follows him to France, where, torn between her love and her devotion to her own tribe, she seeks to resolve her dilemma through dangerous means.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Nov 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Nazimova Productions, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play L'Occident by Henry Kistemaeckers (Paris, 4 Nov 1913).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7 reels

Synopsis

Hassouna, the sheik's daughter, helps a French soldier, Captain de Cadiere, escape from the Bedouins, and because of her betrayal is left to die in the desert. The girl is captured by a wandering tribe and sold to Rambert, a circus proprietor who has been looking for a dancer. Cadiere sees her at the circus and adopts her despite the protests of his wife Helene. Hassouna, who loves Cadiere, consoles him after his wife elopes with another man, but her love turns to hatred when she learns from Taieb, her former suitor, that the captain was responsible for the death of her family. She plans to exact her revenge by ruining the reputation of Ensign Arnauld, Cadiere's beloved nephew, but learns in time that Taieb's accusations were false and that her love for Cadiere is too great to do him harm.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Nov 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Nazimova Productions, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play L'Occident by Henry Kistemaeckers (Paris, 4 Nov 1913).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7 reels

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This film was shown at a pre-release trade screening in New York on November 18, 1918. It opened in Milwaukee on November 24, 1918, and in New York on December 22, 1918.