France, 1954
80m; 92m; 95m
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 1.37:1
mono (Western Electric Sound System), English
A French fantasy film directed by Jacques Becker.
Plot Summary
Servant Ali Baba learns of the location of a cave where 40 thieves have hidden their loot.
Credits
Crew
Director: Jacques Becker
Les Films du Cyclope
Executive Producers: Jean Goiran, René Gaston Vuattoux
Producers: Adry De Carbuccia, Roland Girard
Script: Jacques Becker, Marc Maurette, Maurice Griffe
Story: Cesare Zavattini
Dialogue: André Tabet
Director of Photography: Robert Le Fèbvre
Editor: Marguerite Renoir
Music: Paul Misraki
Sound: Pierre-Louis Calvet
Costume Designers: Ferdinand Junker, Jacqueline Moreau, Georges Wakhévitch
Make Up: Lina Gallet, Jean Paul Ulysse
Hair: Serge Stern
Decor: Georges Wakhévitch
Locations: Taroudant, Morocco
Cast
Fernandel (Ali Baba)
Samia Gamal (Morgiane)
Dieter Borsche (Abdul)
Henri Vilbert (Cassim)
Edouard Delmont (Morgiane's father)
Edmond Ardisson, Julien Maffre, José Casa, Manuel Gary (mendiants)
Leopoldo Francés
Gaston Orbal (Mufti)
Abdelhaq Chraibi
Mohamed Gabsi
Fanfan Mirucci
Piella Sorano
Yoko Tani
Alternative Titles
Ali-Baba
Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves
AlÃ-Babá y los cuarenta ladrones – Spain
Ali-Baba ja 40 rosvoa – Finland
Alì-Babà e i quaranta ladroni – Italy
References
Periodicals
- Cahiers du Cin̩ma vol.8 no.44 (February 1955) p.45 Рreview
- Cin̩matographie Fran̤aise no.1576 (10 July 1954) p.15 Рreview
- Cin̩matographie Fran̤aise no.1599 (1 January 1955) p.16 Рreview
- Daily Film Renter no.7068 (21 February 1956) p.7 – review
- Film Francais no.551 (14 January 1955) p.9 – review
- Kine Weekly 4 April 1956 p.27 – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.23 no.267 (April 1956) p.42 – credits, review
- Telecine no.45 (February 1955) – review
- T̩l̩rama no.2464 (2 April 1997) p.121 (France) Рcredits, review
- Today's Cinema vol.86 no.7463 (20 February 1956) p.8 – review
- Variety 19 January 1955 – credits, review
Books
- French Science Fiction Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction: A Guide to Cinema, Television, Radio, Animation, Comic Books and Literature by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier p.16 – credits
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.8 – credits
