1001 Nights

• 5.12 Fantasy
• 1990-04-11
• 98 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Catherine Zeta-Jones (Sheherazade) Gérard Jugnot (Jimmy Genious) Thierry Lhermitte (The King) Stéphane Freiss (Aladin) Vittorio Gassman (Sinbad) Roger Carel (The Great Vizier) Marc Dudicourt () Georges Montillier () Alfredo Pea () Eric Métayer ()

Director:

Philippe de Broca

Writer:

Jérôme Tonnerre Philippe de Broca