Given a sentence in German, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in English that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

Die weibliche Hauptrolle spielte Cortez in "Ali Baba und die heilige Krone" unter der Regie von Erminio Salvi.
Cortez played the female lead in " Ali Baba and the Sacred Crown " , directed by Erminio Salvi .