Sunday, September 17, 2023

The thief of Bagdad (1940) - classic fantasy movie directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell and Tim Whelan, starring John Justin, Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez and Rex Ingram

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 113 min
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom/USA
Directed by: Ludwig Berger/Michael Powell/Tim Whelan
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033152/

Cast

John Justin ... Ahmad
Conrad Veidt ... Jaffar
Sabu ... Abu
June Duprez ... Princess
Rex Ingram ... Djinn
Miles Malleson ... Sultan
Morton Selten ... The Old King

Description: In Bagdad, the young and naive Sultan Ahmad is curious about the behavior of his people. The Grand Vizier Jaffar convinces Ahmad to walk through the city disguised as a subject to know his people. Then he seizes the power telling to the inhabitants that Ahmad has died while he sends his army to arrest the Sultan that is thrown into the dungeons and sentenced to death. Ahmad befriends the young thief Abu that helps him to escape from the prison. They flee to Basra and plan to travel abroad with Sinbad. However Ahmad stumbles upon the beautiful princess and they fall in love with each other. But the evil Jaffar has also traveled to Basra to propose to marry the princess. When they see each other, Jaffar uses magic to blind Ahmad and turn Abu into a dog. Is their love doomed?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/rm76oucy


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.12 GB, 4196 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 784x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 97 MB, 121 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English and German closed captions embedded, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Greek, Dutch, German, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Czech) posters and screenshots included

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