Las mil y una noches (1958)

Directed by

Fernando Cortés

Genre

comedy film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a comedic retelling of the classic Arabian Nights tales. A man uses his clever storytelling to entertain and charm a sultan. The movie is full of lively music and colorful scenes.

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What happens

A Thousand and One Nights (Spanish:Las mil y una noches) is a 1958 Mexican comedy film produced by Fernando de Fuentes, directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Germán Valdés «Tin-Tan», María Antonieta Pons, Martha Valdés and Mapita Cortés. This is Tin-Tan's first color film (filmed in Eastmancolor, also considered as Mexico's Technicolor) and was followed by a sequel filmed the same year, La odalisca No. 13. This film marked the film debut of the Puerto Rican-American actress and model, Mapita Cortés. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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