The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
December 25, 1940Release Date
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
December 25, 1940Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Conrad Veidt
Jaffar
Sabu
Abu
June Duprez
Princess
John Justin
Ahmad
Rex Ingram
Djinn
Miles Malleson
Sultan / Screenplay / Dialogue
Morton Selten
The Old King
Mary Morris
Halima
Bruce Winston
The Merchant
Hay Petrie
Astrologer
Adelaide Hall
Singer
Roy Emerton
Jailer
Allan Jeayes
The Story Teller
Joseph Cozier
Man Selling Fish (uncredited)
Toni Gable
Lady (uncredited)
Robert Greig
Man of Basra (uncredited)
Henry Hallett
Citizen (uncredited)
Miki Hood
Citizen (uncredited)
Glynis Johns
Princess's maid (uncredited)
Alexander Laine
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
Cleo Laine
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
Sylvia Laine
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
Leslie Phillips
Urchin in Bagdad Market (uncredited)
John Salew
Fish Peddler (uncredited)
Mark Stone
Masrur (uncredited)
Frank Tickle
Citizen (uncredited)
Ben Williams
Citizen (uncredited)
Michael Powell
Director
Charles Crichton
Editor
Lajos Biró
Scenario Writer
Ludwig Berger
Director
Tim Whelan
Director
Georges Périnal
Director of Photography
Alexander Korda
Producer
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer / Story / Songs
Vincent Korda
Production Design
Oliver Messel
Costume Design
John Armstrong
Costume Design
Osmond Borradaile
Assistant Camera
Jack Whitney
Sound Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 25, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Genres
Wiki.
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 and Korda brothers Vincent and Zoltán. The film stars teen actor Sabu, Conrad Veidt, John Justin, and June Duprez. It was released in the US and the UK by United Artists.
Although produced by Alexander Korda's company London Films in London, the film was completed in California due to the outbreak of World War II.
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.