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The Thief of Bagdad

A thief falls in love with the Caliph of Bagdad’s daughter. The Caliph will give her hand to the suitor that brings back the rarest treasure after seven moons.One of the top ten masterpieces of the Hollywood silent era, restored from 35mm original negative.
This swashbuckling tale out of The Thousand and One Nights was Hollywood mega-star and producer Douglas Fairbanks' pet project, and coming on the heels of previous costume successes The Three Musketeers, The Mark of Zorro, and Robin Hood, cemented Fairbanks' standing as both the leading action-adventure star of his day and one of the industry's first "multi-hypenate" powerhouses. The actor stars as the impious thief Ahmed who has made a reputation as Baghdad's premiere plunderer. When he falls in love with a beautiful princess and the two determine to marry, her father the caliph intervenes, forbidding the union. Thus erupts a chain of circumstances involving a crystal ball, a magic apple, a pegasus, an invisibility cloak... and, of course, a flying carpet. No expense was spared for The Thief of Bagdad: An Arabian Nights Fantasy it was one the costliest films produced in Hollywood in the silent era, evident in both the stunning sets of William Cameron Menzies and the breakthrough special effects that weave throughout the picture. Expertly directed by Raoul Walsh, who would go on to become of America's foremost filmmakers, and the creator of such classics as The Bowery, High Sierra, and White Heat, The Thief of Bagdad remains an enduring fantasy for the ages. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to release Fairbanks and Walsh's epic, newly restored and featuring a magnificent score by maestro Carl Davies conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, in a Dual Format release for the first time in the UK.
Original title
The Thief of Bagdad
English title
The Thief of Bagdad
Year
1924
Country
Running time
155min
Age rating
12+
Release date CZ
09. 3. 2023
Release date SK
09. 3. 2023

Media reception

Life
„A marvelous fairy tale quality -- a romantic sweep lifts the audience and vaporizes it into pink, fluffy clouds.“
Filmsite
A+ „Timeless and expensive silent costume fantasy.“

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