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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Edward Knoblock (play)
John Meehan (screenplay)
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Release Date:
October 1944 (USA) more
Plot:
Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. more
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Cast

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Ronald Colman ... Hafiz

Marlene Dietrich ... Jamilla
James Craig ... Caliph
Edward Arnold ... The Grand Vizier

Hugh Herbert ... Feisal

Joy Page ... Marsinah (as Joy Ann Page)
Florence Bates ... Karsha
Harry Davenport ... Agha
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Moolah
Robert Warwick ... Alfife
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Oriental Dream (USA) (TV title)
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Runtime:
100 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #9797) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

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Marlene Dietrich's dance was so erotic that it was cut from the movie when it aired on television and was only restored very recently. more
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beautiful colour photography, 23 March 2005
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Author: didi-5 from United Kingdom

Often overshadowed these days by the musical version which came a decade later, this film by William Dieterle has the distinction of being one of the best examples of a 1940s Technicolor film there is. And with colour, no one shone out from the screen more than Marlene Dietrich. Here she is as Jamilla, garlanded in gold and looking positively luminous - her appearance in this movie alone would justify watching it.

Ronald Colman, that debonair English actor, plays the role of the beggar, Hafiz (which would be memorably played by Howard Keel in the musical). He's a little starchy and looks prematurely middle-aged, but he was always a very good actor, and here is no exception. James Craig is colourless as the Caliph but Edward Arnold and Hugh Herbert add humour as the Grand Vizier and Feisal.

The strength of this 'Kismet' though it definitely how it looks. It is how the films of the golden era were at their peak, and this version doesn't get shown on TV anywhere near enough.

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