The Thief of Bagdad (1952 film)
The Thief of Bagdad | |
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Directed by | Karel Lamač |
Written by | Gustav Kampendonk |
Produced by | Fritz Kirchhoff |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
Edited by | |
Music by | |
Production company | Pontus Film |
Distributed by | Deutsche Cosmopol Film |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
The Thief of Bagdad (German: Die Diebin von Bagdad) is a 1952 West German musical comedy film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Theo Lingen, Paul Kemp, Sonja Ziemann and Rudolf Prack.[1] It is not a remake of the 1940 film of the same name, but a comedy about the magic tricks of a female thief in Old Baghdad. It was filmed at studios in Bendestorf, Lower Saxony. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Beisenherz and Alfred Bütow.
Cast[]
- Sonja Ziemann as Fatme, die Diebin von Bagdad
- Rudolf Prack as Achmed
- Paul Kemp as Kalif Omar
- Theo Lingen as Hadschi
- Fita Benkhoff as Suleika
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Hussa Hussa
- Fritz Odemar as Ibrahim
- Carl Voscherau as Sandu, Eunuch
- Walter Giller as Ommar
- as Hassan
- as Halef, Diener des Kalifen
- as Amento, Diener des Kalifen
- as Prinz Ali
- as Mansor
- as Selim
- as Arzt
- Liselotte Malkowsky as Singer
References[]
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 158
Bibliography[]
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1952 films
- German-language films
- West German films
- 1952 musical comedy films
- 1950s fantasy-comedy films
- German musical comedy films
- German fantasy comedy films
- Films directed by Karel Lamač
- Films based on One Thousand and One Nights
- 1950s historical comedy films
- German historical comedy films
- Films set in Baghdad
- German historical fantasy films
- 1950s historical musical films
- German historical musical films
- German black-and-white films
- 1950s German film stubs
- Historical musical film stubs