Kismet (1944)
October 1, 1944Release Date
Kismet (1944)
October 1, 1944Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Ronald Colman
Hafiz
Marlene Dietrich
Jamilla
James Craig
Caliph
Edward Arnold
The Grand Vizier
Hugh Herbert
Feisal
Joy Page
Marsinah
Florence Bates
Karsha
Harry Davenport
Agha
Hobart Cavanaugh
Moolah
Robert Warwick
Alfife
Frank Morgan
Narrator (voice)
William Dieterle
Director
Yvonne De Carlo
Handmaiden
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
John Meehan
Writer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Budget$3,015,000
Box Office$1,827,000
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Kismet is a 1944 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film in Technicolor starring Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Joy Page, and Florence Bates. James Craig played the young Caliph of Baghdad, and Edward Arnold was the treacherous Grand Vizier. It was directed by William Dieterle, but was not a success at the box office. Dieterle had directed Dietrich two decades before in the German silent film Man by the Wayside, which was both the first role in which Dietrich was cast competitively and Dieterle's directorial debut.
The film is based on the play of the same name by Edward Knoblock, which was also the basis for a 1953 musical. The play had been filmed three times before, in 1914, 1920, and again in 1930 by Warner Brothers in an English version directed by John Francis Dillon and in a German-language version directed by William Dieterle that was released in 1931.