Trivia for Zaide

Together with Thamos, King Of Egypt (1970) this is the only melodramatic film Mozart has ever directed.

This is an unfinished film, the original screenplay contained a 50-minute more longer film. This was also shot, but it was destroyed by Mozart himself who was very unhappy with the last part of the film. It marked the first time that a director himself personally destroyed a huge segment of his own film.

Mozart said that the style of the silent film documentary Nanook Of The North (1922) had a huge inspiration on this film.