Aladin ou la Lampe merveilleuse (1906)

Original title

Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse

Directed by

Albert Capellani

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

12 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent film from 1906 based on the old tale of Aladdin and his magic lamp. A young man finds a lamp that contains a genie who grants wishes. The film uses trick photography to show the magic on screen.

whimsicalfantasticalnostalgicbrisktheatricalplayfulcuriousold-fashioned

What happens

Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp (French: Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse) is a 1906 French silent trick film directed by Albert Capellani, inspired by the folk tale, "The Story of Aladdin; or, the Wonderful Lamp", first known in Europe through its 18th century populariser, Antoine Galland, who added the tale to his translation of One Thousand and One Nights. His version, the first appearance of Arabian Nights in Europe, was published as Les mille et une nuits, between 1704 and 1717. Galland had heard the "Aladdin" story from the Maronite traveller and storyteller Hanna Diyab, in Paris, probably in the French language. The film is the oldest surviving cinematographic adaptation of this tale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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