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The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American silent adventure film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks, and written by Achmed Abdullah and Lotta Woods. Freely adapted from One Thousand and One Nights, it tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad. In 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Plot
Ahmed steals as he pleases in the city of Bagdad. Wandering into a mosque, he tells a holy man he disdains his philosophy: "What I want, I take."
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| author | Douglas Fairbanks |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Baghdad |
| director | Raoul Walsh |
| editor | Bill Nolan |
| genre | adventure fantasy historical |
| keywords | beautiful princess caravanserai cloak of invisibility crystal ball cure anything flying carpet giant ape golden apple haroun al-rashid holy man magic carpet mosque panacea ritual prayers salat sleep wander |
| musicBy | Mortimer Wilson |
| producer | Douglas Fairbanks |
| productionCompany | Douglas Fairbanks Pictures |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | epic silent |