Subtitle The Wind And The — Lion

The actual incident was settled through a peaceful ransom payment by the Sultan, whereas the movie depicts a climactic battle involving U.S. Marines and German forces.

While initially adversarial, Raisuli and Eden develop a mutual respect based on their strong personalities. Simultaneously, Roosevelt develops a long-distance admiration for Raisuli, seeing him as a noble kindred spirit. Historical Basis vs. Fiction subtitle The Wind and the Lion

Despite the major plot changes, much of Raisuli's dialogue was taken almost verbatim from historical accounts and Rosita Forbes' 1924 biography, The Sultan of the Mountains . Key Cast and Characters The actual incident was settled through a peaceful

Set in 1904 Morocco, the story centers on the kidnapping of an American widow, , and her children by Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli , a charismatic Berber chieftain. Key Cast and Characters Set in 1904 Morocco,

In reality, the captive was an elderly Greek-American man, not a young widow.

The film is a highly fictionalized "romanticization" of the real-life of 1904.

Raisuli's goal is to embarrass the young Sultan of Morocco and spark a civil war to end foreign influence.