Filming the Orient

The largest and most luxurious passenger ship in the Adriatic was steamship “Queen Mary”, that initially held constant 12-days line from Sušak, via Split Dubrovnik to Greece. Later, extended Palestine Egypt, has attracted attention of members Zagreb elite. Among first ones who have travelled line, September 13th until October 7th, 1933, prominent Zagreb’s entrepreneurial family Deutsch-Maceljski. Their experience atmosphere cruise places they visited were recorded by film camera. They footage descriptions Istanbul, Bosphorus, Rhodes, Beirut, Lebanon Damascus, fascinating images visits Jaffa, Jerusalem, Dead Sea, Bethlehem, Tel Aviv Cairo. In this article, we will analyze rare been preserved Cinematheque Croatian State Archives Zagreb.