1940 · adventure · fantasy
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan1h 47m1940
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
Our read: The Thief of Bagdad (1940) (1940) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive adventure · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, measured adventure / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- redemptive
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