The Thief of Bagdad (1952 film)
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| Directed by | Karel Lamač |
| Written by | Gustav Kampendonk |
| Produced by | Fritz Kirchhoff |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Rosemarie Weinert |
| 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 the Bendestorf Studios in Lower Saxony. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Beisenherz and Alfred Bütow.
Plot summary[edit]
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Cast[edit]
- 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
- Kurt Rackelmann as Hassan
- Kurt Fuß as Halef, Diener des Kalifen
- Hans Juergen Weidlich as Amento, Diener des Kalifen
- Joachim Rake as Prinz Ali
- Kurt A. Jung as Mansor
- Horst von Otto as Selim
- Horst Beck as Arzt
- Liselotte Malkowsky as Singer
References[edit]
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 158
Bibliography[edit]
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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Categories:
- 1952 films
- West German films
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- 1950s fantasy comedy films
- German musical comedy films
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- 1950s German-language films
- Films directed by Karel Lamač
- Films based on The Thief of Bagdad
- 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
- Fictional caliphs
- 1950s German films
- Films scored by Michael Jary
- Films scored by Lotar Olias
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