Le meraviglie di Aladino (1961)

A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie, who will grant the boy three wishes if he sets him free from the lamp.

Directors:

Mario Bava, Henry Levin

Writers:

Luther Davis, Franco Prosperi,

Stars:

Donald O'Connor, Noëlle Adam, Vittorio De Sica

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Donald O'Connor	...	Aladdin
Noëlle Adam	...	Djalma
Vittorio De Sica	...	Genie
Aldo Fabrizi	...	Sultan
Michèle Mercier	...	Princess Zaina
Milton Reid	...	Omar
Terence Hill	...	Prince Moluk (as Mario Girotti)
Fausto Tozzi	...	Grand Vizier
Luigi Tosi
Marco Tulli	...	Fakir
Raymond Bussières	...	Magician
Alberto Farnese	...	Bandit Chieftain
Franco Ressel	...	Vizier's Lieutenant
Vittorio Bonos	...	Lamp Merchant
Adriana Facchetti	...	Aladdin's Mother Benhai

Storyline

A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie, who will grant the boy three wishes if he sets him free from the lamp.

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Plot Keywords:

magic | genie | dungeon | 1001 nights | mechanical man | 

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Genres:

Fantasy

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Details

Country:

France Italy USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 December 1961 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Wonders of Aladdin

Filming Locations:

Titanus Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Lux Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Fonolux)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This one of three films that Lux was going to produce starring 'Steve Reeves' (they had co-produced Hercules Unchained). They were able to get Reeves for the other two productions, The Thief of Baghdad and Morgan, the Pirate.

User Reviews

I saw it in a theatre.

I had the remarkable experience of seeing this in a theatre. A local dollar movie got a copy of it about the time Disney's Aladdin came out and sh0wed it for matinees one weekend. Strangely, they didn't also get the LENS they needed for the widescreen presentation so it was all crunched horizontally and everybody was half as wide or twice as tall as normal. Add that to the fact that the movie itself is kind of dopey and absurd, with lots of good actors wasting their efforts, and the INSANE use of Vittorio De Sica playing the genie as a guy standing around in a choir robe, in footage shot elsewhere probably in about half an hour, and just matted into a cloud in the corner of the screen, and I'd classify this as one of the most frightening Mario Bava movie I've ever seen.