Aladdin
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The Thief of Bagdad
A Technicolor Arabian Nights daydream: opulent, playful and swiftly moving, with a genie, a flying carpet and a hissable sorcerer to boo.
About 1940 film by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell and Tim Whelan
Genres fantasy, adventure, family, cinematic fairy tale, flashback
Directed by Alexander Korda, Michael Powell, William Cameron Menzies, Ludwig Berger, Zoltan Korda, Tim Whelan
Written by Lajos Bíró, Miles Malleson
Starring Glynis Johns, Conrad Veidt, Leslie Phillips, Sabu Dastagir, Adelaide Hall, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson, June Duprez
Music Miklós Rózsa
Runtime 102 min
Country United Kingdom
Links TMDB · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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