1001 Nights

Apr 11, 1990

1h 38m

★ 5.1

Scheherazade's story will be told once again.

Overview

Sheherazade has been married to a ruler who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this unfortunate conclusion by putting off the connubial event for a thousand and one nights, telling irresistible stories instead. In this one, she gets hold of a magic lamp.

Genres

Fantasy

Comedy

Adventure

Production Companies

Club Investissement Média

Cinémax

Télémax

Telepool

Antenne 2

RAI

1001 Nights Trailers

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Cast

Sheherazade

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Jimmy Genious

Gérard Jugnot

The King

Thierry Lhermitte

Aladin

Stéphane Freiss

Sinbad

Vittorio Gassman

The Great Vizier

Roger Carel

Marc Dudicourt

Georges Montillier

Alfredo Pea

Eric Métayer

Florence Pelly

Raymond Aquilon

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