The Thief of Bagdad (1952 film)
The Thief of Bagdad (German: Die Diebin von Bagdad) is a 1952 West German musical comedy film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Theo Lingen, Paul Kemp, Sonja Ziemann and Rudolf Prack.[1] It is not a remake of the 1940 film of the same name, but a comedy about the magic tricks of a female thief in Old Baghdad. It was filmed at the Bendestorf Studios in Lower Saxony. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Beisenherz and Alfred Bütow.
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| Directed by | Karel Lamač |
| Written by | Gustav Kampendonk |
| Produced by | Fritz Kirchhoff |
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| Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Rosemarie Weinert |
| Music by | |
Production company | Pontus Film |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Cosmopol Film |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Plot summary
Cast
- Sonja Ziemann as Fatme, die Diebin von Bagdad
- Rudolf Prack as Achmed
- Paul Kemp as Kalif Omar
- Theo Lingen as Hadschi
- Fita Benkhoff as Suleika
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Hussa Hussa
- Fritz Odemar as Ibrahim
- Carl Voscherau as Sandu, Eunuch
- Walter Giller as Ommar
- Kurt Rackelmann as Hassan
- Kurt Fuß as Halef, Diener des Kalifen
- Hans Juergen Weidlich as Amento, Diener des Kalifen
- Joachim Rake as Prinz Ali
- Kurt A. Jung as Mansor
- Horst von Otto as Selim
- Horst Beck as Arzt
- Liselotte Malkowsky as Singer
References
- Bock & Bergfelder p. 158
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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