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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Set amid the turbulence of the Young Turk movement within the dying Ottoman Empire Abdul the Damned was among the first films directed in Britain by Karl Grune acclaimed director of 1923&39;s Die Strasse (The Street) who had fled Nazi Germany in 1933; the film also features starring roles for fellow German émigré and Pandora&39;s Box star Fritz Kortner Scottish screen idol John Stuart and Swedish silent-era heart-throb Nils Asther Turkey 1900 Sultan Abdul Hamid II becomes infatuated with Therese a young Viennese opera singer (Adrienne Ames) She is forced to give into him to protect her fiancé Young Turk Talak Pasha; however the fervour of Talak&39;s popular opposition to the Sultan&39;s rule will eventually lead to his abdication

1930s drama following the political and romantic tensions that unfold as various factions jostle for control amidst the crumbling Ottoman Empire. It is 1908 and Sultan Abdul Hamid (Fritz Kortner), the official ruler of Turkey and its empire, finds his authority increasingly under threat from the Young Turk party. When Abdul falls in love with beautiful Viennese opera singer Therese (Adrienne Ames), who is engaged to Young Turk Talak (John Stuart), the pair inevitably find their relationship under threat. With brutal police chief Kadar-Pasha (Nils Asther) not averse to using underhand means to defend the prevailing order and Abdul intent on marrying the woman he desires, the romance and ideals of Talak and Therese may struggle to thrive.