The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
- Directed by
- Tim Whelan, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies, Michael Powell
- Genre
- fantasy film, adventure film, family film, cinematic fairy tale, flashback film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 299 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A kingdom is overthrown by a wicked magician. A kind prince teams up with a clever young thief to reclaim his throne and save a princess.
whimsicalgrandold-fashionedvisually lushadventurousfantasticalmusicalexotic
What happens
The Thief of Bagdad is a 1940 British Technicolor historical fantasy film, produced by Alexander Korda and directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger and Tim Whelan, with additional contributions by William Cameron Menzies (who had designed sets for the original 1924 version starring Douglas Fairbanks) and Korda brothers Vincent and Zoltán. The film stars Conrad Veidt, Indian-born teen actor Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin, and Rex Ingram. It was released in the US and the UK by United Artists. Georges Périnal, credited as George Perinal, won the Academy Award for Cinematography, Vincent Korda for Art Direction, and Lawrence W. Butler and Jack Whitney for Special Effects (marking the first use of the "manual bluescreen technique"). Miklós Rózsa was also nominated for Original Music Score, a first for a British film at the Academy Awards. Although this production is a remake of the 1924 version, the two films have differences, the most significant being that the thief and the prince are separate characters in this version. The screenplay is by Lajos Biro and Miles Malleson, who also appears in the film as the Princess's father, the Sultan of Basra. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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