Michael Powell The Thief Of Bagdad Conrad Veidt DVD

The Thief Of Bagdad

Director : Michael Powell

Cast : Conrad Veidt | Sabu | June Duprez | John Justin | Rex Ingram | Miles Malleson | Morton Selten | Mary Morris | Bruce Winston

Audio :  English (Dolby Digital AC3 5.1)

Subtitles : English, Simplified Chinese (Removable)

TV System Format : NTSC

Display : Full Screen

Region Code : All 

Running Time : 106 mins

Synopsis : Like the Arabian Nights this film plays with storytelling conventions in order to make us feel that there's plot, plot and more plot: it opens with what appears to be the frame device of a blind man telling the story of his life, then plunges into a flashback which takes us right up to the blind man's present, where we discover that about half of the story is yet to come. (It must be admitted that the second half doesn't quite live up to the promise of the first.) Like the Arabian Nights it tries to cram as many Middle-Eastern folk motiffs as possible into the one work. A freed genie, a beautiful princess, a flying carpet, fantastic mechanical toys, sea voyages, a crowded marketplace, a wicked vizier, jewels ... I don't know why it all works, but it does. Everything is just so beautiful. The sets are beautiful. June Duprez is beautiful. Rozsa's score is especially beautiful. As usual, it sounds Hungarian; but somehow he manages to convince us that he's being Hungarian in a Persian way..

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