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The Thief of Bagdad

Year:

1940

Duration:

106 min

Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Ludwig Berger

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 1 nomination

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1940-12-25

Filming Locations: Denham Studios, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Conrad Veidt

Jaffar

Sabu

Abu

June Duprez

Princess

John Justin

Ahmad

Rex Ingram

Djinn

Miles Malleson

Sultan

Morton Selten

The Old King

Mary Morris

Halima / Six-Armed Lady

Bruce Winston

The Merchant

Hay Petrie

Astrologer

Adelaide Hall

Singer

Roy Emerton

Jailer

Allan Jeayes

The Story Teller

Frederick Burtwell

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Joseph Cozier

Man Selling Fish (uncredited)

Robert Greig

Man of Basra (uncredited)

Henry Hallett

Citizen (uncredited)

Miki Hood

Citizen (uncredited)

Glynis Johns

Princess's maid (uncredited)

Alexander Laine

Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

Cleo Laine

Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

Sylvia Laine

Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

Spoli Mills

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Leslie Phillips

Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)

Norman Pierce

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

John Salew

Fish Peddler (uncredited)

Mark Stone

Masrur (uncredited)

Frank Tickle

Citizen (uncredited)

Otto Wallen

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Ben Williams

Citizen (uncredited)

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Trivia

The first assigned director, Ludwig Berger, wanted his old friend, 80-year-old Austrian operetta composer Oscar Straus, to compose the score. Miklós Rózsa only won the assignment by sitting in an office adjoining Berger's and playing his catchy melodies over and over. The Viennese waltzes that Straus had supplied were quickly dropped in favor of Rozsa's sweeping and colorful score.

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Vivien Leigh was originally cast in the role of the Princess, but when, in late 1938, she won the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). Producer Alexander Korda gave the role to young up-and-coming starlet June Duprez.

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Filmed at London's Denham Studios, which had just merged with J. Arthur Rank's nearby Pinewood Studios.

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Goofs

When Jaffar captures Ahmad and the Princess near the end, he announces "Tomorrow morning they will die the death of a thousand cuts", yet the next morning, only Ahmad is about to be executed, and instead of dying the death of a thousand cuts, he is about to be beheaded.

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Almost all of the characters mispronounce "Allah". The first syllable rhymes with "dull" or "null", but in the film, most pronounce it as rhyming with "pal" or "gal."

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Abu, who we know to be a Muslim, is shown requesting and eating sausages, even though the consumption of pork is very strictly forbidden in Islam. However, the sausage may not be made from pork.

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Quotes

Princess: You don't look wicked. Are you a good Djinni?

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Old Man: Allah be with you, but I doubt it. 1 of 1 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Abu: How can you be so ungrateful?

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Jafar: Why do you close your eyes? There's little time left to see him.

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