Film· 1940· Fantasy

The Thief of Bagdad

by Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Ludwig Berger

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Aladdin

Animation · 1992

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Several of Aladdin's characters and plot elements were based on The Thief of Bagdad (1940): a villain called Jaffar, a sidekick thief called Abu and a handmaiden for the princess.

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The Thief of Bagdad

Ahmad, the deposed king of Baghdad, and Abu, a young thief, fight the wicked vizier Jaffar, who has taken the throne and covets the princess Ahmad loves, with the help of a genie.

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