Ali Baba

Plot

Fernandel is the somewhat over-aged Ali Baba in this astonishingly expensive Arabian Nights escapade. In this filmization of the old "Arabian Knights" tale, Ali Baba is a slave who is sent to fetch his master's latest wife (Samia Gamal). The horse-faced family retainer falls in love with the girl himself, and spends the rest of the film trying to be worthy of her. The last shot shows Ali Baba and a "few intimate friends" converging on the cave of the 40 thieves. In an incredible long shot, we discover that Ali's friends number in the tens of thousands! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Fernandel - Ali Baba
• Dieter Borsche - Abdel, bandit chief
• Samia Gamal
• Henri Vilbert - Cassim

Edmond Ardisson - Mendiant; Edouard Delmont - Pere de Morgiane; Yoko Tani; Leopoldo Frances; Julien Maffre - Mendiant

Credit

Georges Wakhévitch - Costume Designer, Marc Maurette - First Assistant Director, Jacques Becker - Director, Marguerite Renoir - Editor, Paul Misraki - Composer (Music Score), Georges Wakhévitch - Production Designer, Robert Le Febvre - Cinematographer, René G. Vuattoux - Production Manager, Pierre-Louis Calvet - Sound/Sound Designer, André Tabet - Dialogue Writer, Jacques Becker - Screenwriter, Marc Maurette - Screenwriter, Cesare Zavattini - Screenwriter

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