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- The villain is Grand Vizier Jaffar, a treacherous sorcerer who usurps the throne, blinds the hero, and coerces the princess into his embrace as the price of lifting the spell; the princess herself is a drugged, ensorcelled prize who is even sold through a slave market.
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
film · 1940 film by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell and Tim Whelan
- Directors
- Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Distributors
- United Artists, Netflix
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- fantasy film, flashback film, family film, cinematic fairy tale
- Cast
- Conrad Veidt, Sabu Dastagir, John Justin, June Duprez