The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad - 1940 | 106 mins | Adventure, Fantasy | Colour

The Production Team

Director: Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies and Tim Whelan.
Asst Director: Jack Clayton.
Producer: Alexander Korda.
Associate Producer: Zoltan Korda and William Cameron Menzies.
Script: Lajos Biró and Miles Malleson.
Cinematography: Georges Périnal.
Editing: Charles Crichton.
Production Designer: Vincent Korda.
Costume Designer: John Armstrong, Oliver Messel and Marcel Vertès.
Sound: A.W. Watkins.
Music: Miklós Rózsa.

The Cast

Conrad Veidt - Jaffar
Sabu - Abu
June Duprez - Princess
John Justin - Ahmad, the King
Rex Ingram - The Genie
Miles Malleson - Old Sultan
Morton Selten - Old King
Bruce Winston - Merchant
Hay Petrie - Astrologer

Plot Synopsis

Imprisoned by Grand Vizier Jaffar Ahmad, rightful King of Bagdad, escapes with Abu to Bastra, where Ahmad falls in love with the Princess. Her father, the Sultan offers his daughter to Jaffar in return for a flying horse. When Abu releases the giant Djinni from a bottle, he is granted three wishes. Abu secures the All-Seeing Eye from the highest Temple in the World, with which he and Ahmad view Jaffar about to marry the Princess.

The Djinni inadvertently returns Ahmad to the palace, where he and the Princess are captured by Jaffar. Abu, meanwhile, encounters the Old King who gives him a magic carpet on which he flies back to Bagdad. Jaffar has killed the Sultan and attempts to escape on the flying horse but is killed by Abu's magic arrow. Ahmad and his Princess are magic arrow. Ahmad and his Princess are united at last, but Abu sets off on his flying carpet for further adventure.