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Isabelle Eberhardt (1991)
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Stephen Sewell (writer)
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21 November 1991 (Germany)
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Story of a young woman journalist who becomes enmeshed in the politics of the annexation of Morrocco from Algeria at the turn of the twentieth century...
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Slow but interesting true story of a woman, a convert to Islam, whose several books about colonial Algeria became legendary.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mathilda May | ... | Isabelle Eberhardt |
 | Tchéky Karyo | ... | Slimene |
 | Peter O'Toole | ... | Maj. Lyautey |
| Richard Moir | ... | Lt. Comte |
| Arthur Dignam | ... | Cauvet |
| Ben Smaïl | ... | Hussein |
| Foued Nassah | ... | Lachmi |
| Wolf Harnisch | ... | Trophimowsky |
| René Schönenberger | ... | Fridel |
| David Pledger | ... | Augustin |
| Clément Harari | ... | Joue |
| Françoise Brion | ... | Mme De Mores |
| Lyèce Boukhitine | ... | Sayed |
| Mouss | ... | Nefez |
| Olivier Pajot | ... | De Susbielle |
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Watching this slow French-Australian production is interesting if only to learn about the true story of a woman whose several books about colonial Algerian became legendary. Even the story of how the books came to be published is interesting.
Per a website entry by © Robert Bononno 1988, Isabelle Eberhardt was the child of an aristocratic German mother and a Russian father, a former priest in the Russian Orthodox church, a friend of Bakunin, a "philosopher, scholar and polyglot." (Eberhardt is claimed to have been Rimbaud's daughter). She converted to Sufi Islam and was fluent in many languages.
The movie is a little pedantic about justice and colonial oppression, and the character development is a not clear. However, this fictionalized snapshot of a period not widely known by American audiences is worthwhile.
A small role by Peter O'Toole is welcome.