The film jumps recklessly (and, often, exhilaratingly) from coarse comedy to cutting drama.
The Arabian Nights spectacle of Sumurun attests to silent German cinema’s fascination with ornate orientalism.
Sumurun of the urbane Lubitsch’s most fascinating detours into exotica.
Aside from Greta Garbo’s scenes, the film is basically just a long soap opera about despair, superstition, and redemption.
A thorough DVD package for this rare early Garbo film.