"A Thousand and One Nights" ( fr. Les 1001 nuits ) - French adventure - a fantastic comedy film . The international name is English. 1001 Nights .
| Thousand and One Nights | |
|---|---|
| fr Les 1001 nuits | |
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| Genre | comedy film |
| Producer | Philippe de Broca |
| Producer | Sarim Fassi Firei |
| Author script | Philippe de Broca and Jerome Tonner |
| In the main cast | Thierry Lermitt Catherine Zeta-Jones Gerard Junio Stefan Freiss Vittorio Gassman |
| Operator | Jean Tournier |
| Composer | Gabriel Yared |
| Film company | Cinémax |
| Duration | 98 min. |
| A country | France Italy Switzerland |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1990 |
| IMDb | ID 0098961 |
Slogan - English "A breathless Arabian adventure you will never forget . "
Content
Story
Adventure-fiction film comedy based on the famous Arabian tales " Thousand and One Night ." In addition to Scheherazade , other fairytale characters appear in the film - Sinbad , the caliph of Baghdad , and Aladdin with a magic lamp and a genie . But, unlike the traditional plot, the genie from the magic lamp of Aladdin arrived at Scheherazade's tale from ... the 20th century . Helping Scheherazade, the genie living in the London of the 1990s uses a television, a plane, a car, and other “magical devices” of the twentieth century.
Cast
- Catherine Zeta-Jones - Scheherazade
- Gerard Junio - Jimmy Zhenus
- Stefan Freiss - Aladdin
- Thierry Lermitt - King
- Vittorio Gassman - Sinbad
- Roger Karel - the Grand Vizier
- Mark Dyudikur
- Georges Montilie - executioner
- Alfredo Pea - Azhib
- Valerie Rozhan
- Eric Meteer - Abdullah
- Joy Graham - Mrs. Wilson
- Maurice Lane - Mr Wilson
- Tim Holm - Chief Inspector
- Raymond Aquilon - the great eunuch
- Florence Pelli - the daughter of the Grand Vizier
- Farida Khelfa - Queen
- Faisal Smaili - Aziz
- Omar Zerrey - Azaz
- Omar Schönbod - Great Imam
- Tahar al-Asbahi - the great chamberlain (treasurer?)
- Abdelkader Lofty - fat merchant
- Maurice Illuz - city dweller
- Mohamed Maid - Blind
- Ahmed Bulan - Pirate
- Max Vial
- Jay R. M. Chapman - Englishman, not listed in credits
Film crew
- Director - Philippe de Broca
- Producers - Sarim Fassi Firei (Executive Producer), Andre Jayi, Maurice Illuz
- Writers - Philippe de Broca and Jerome Tonner
- Operator - Jean Tournier
- Composer - Gabriel Yared
Interesting Facts
The film debuted a young actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Links
- " Thousand and One Nights " (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database
- Thousand and one night (eng.) On the site allmovie