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The thief of baghdad 1978, directed by clive donner film. The film stars child actor sabu, conrad veidt, john justin, and june duprez. The first new method was pioneered and used in the 1940 version of the thief of bagdad. The caliph enjoys an airborne horse ride over his city in one of the firstever technicolor bluescreen travelling mattes for the thief of bagdad. The blind beggar ahmad john justin tells the story of his former life as the king of bagdad and his dog abus past life as the human boy. This is an interesting movie thats well worth watching, but it isnt one of the silent eras greats. Mar 19, 2012 part 1 the thief of baghdad 1978 a tv movie a resourceful thief helps a handsome prince fight an evil wizard and win the hand of a beautiful princess.
Ahmad, the king of bagdad, is betrayed by his chief minister, jaffar, and thrown into prison where he befriends a young thief called abu. Watch thief of baghdad online, get latest updates, watch full episodes online, news, promos, and discussions at show completed. The thief of baghdad is a silent movie from 1924 loosely based on stories from one thousand and one nights it is about a thief from bagdad who falls in love with the daughter of the caliph, and pretends to be a prince in order to marry her. I do not own the s of this movie, but since it is available in albeit in german, and the two uploads i saw in youtube one was in english but with poor quality and the other. Douglas fairbanks stars in this epic tale of bravery and adventure. It is about a thief from bagdad who falls in love with the daughter of the caliph, and pretends to be a prince in order to marry her. In his detailed and very good booklet notes, frank dewald confirms this with his description. Raoul walshs 1924 classic film has been meticulously restored by the cohen film collection. A britishfrench coproduction, the film was released theatrically, except for the united states where it debuted on television. Released by prometheus in 2016 xpcd 179 containing music from the thief of bagdad 1940. Through flashbacks, he reveals that when the conniving grand vizier jaffar conrad veidt tricks king ahmad into leaving the palace disguised as a subject, jaffar arrests the rightful ruler and imprisons him.
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