The Thief of Bagdad

E257122
adventure film fantasy film film

The Thief of Bagdad is a classic 1940 British fantasy adventure film renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and memorable performances, including Conrad Veidt’s iconic role as the villainous Jaffar.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Thief of Bagdad canonical 11
The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film) 6
The Thief of Bagdad universe 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
award Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Color)

Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Color)

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects
basedOn The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)

The Arabian Nights ⓘ
surface form: stories from One Thousand and One Nights
cinematographyBy Georges Périnal ⓘ
Jack Cardiff ⓘ
coDirector Alexander Korda ⓘ
Zoltan Korda ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
directedBy Ludwig Berger ⓘ
Michael Powell ⓘ
Tim Whelan ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Charles Crichton ⓘ
featuresCharacter Abu ⓘ
Ahmad ⓘ
Jaffar ⓘ
Princess ⓘ
genre adventure ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasSetting Baghdad ⓘ
hasVillain Jaffar ⓘ
musicBy Miklós Rózsa ⓘ
notableFor fantasy adventure storytelling ⓘ
groundbreaking special effects ⓘ
use of Technicolor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays blind king ⓘ
genie in a bottle ⓘ
magical flying carpet ⓘ
portraysBy Jaffar portrayed by Conrad Veidt ⓘ
producedBy Alexander Korda ⓘ
productionCompany London Films ⓘ
releaseDate 1940-05-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1940 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes approximately 106 ⓘ
setInPeriod fictionalized ancient Baghdad ⓘ
stars Conrad Veidt ⓘ
John Justin ⓘ
June Duprez ⓘ
Miles Malleson ⓘ
Rex Ingram ⓘ
Sabu ⓘ
starsAs Conrad Veidt as Jaffar ⓘ
John Justin as Ahmad ⓘ
June Duprez as the Princess ⓘ
Rex Ingram as the Djinn ⓘ
Sabu as Abu ⓘ
title The Thief of Bagdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Conrad Veidt → workTitle → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
London Films → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
Denham Film Studios → producedWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
Alexander Korda → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
Jaffar → roleIn → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
Jaffar → appearsIn → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
Jaffar → createdFor → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
Jaffar → hasFictionalUniverse → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad universe
The Thief of Bagdad → title → The Thief of Bagdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
Ursula Jeans → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
Miklós Rózsa → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
13th Academy Awards → bestCinematographyColorWinner → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
13th Academy Awards → bestArtDirectionColorWinner → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
13th Academy Awards → bestSpecialEffectsWinner → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
June Duprez → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
June Duprez → portrayedIn → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
Lucie Mannheim → notableWork → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
Charles Crichton → edited → The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)