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
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt , seeking re-election, uses the incident to demonstrate American military power, coining the phrase "Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead!". subtitle The Wind and the Lion
The film is a highly fictionalized "romanticization" of the real-life of 1904. Despite the major plot changes, much of Raisuli's
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. Despite the major plot changes
Raisuli's goal is to embarrass the young Sultan of Morocco and spark a civil war to end foreign influence.