The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
This British film is a remake of a 1920 silent film and stars Conrad Veidt, Sabu and John Justin. When the king is deposed by his evil advisor he has a young thief as his only friend and they set off to get this throne back.
There tons of bright colours on show in what must be one of the earliest colour films and the sets as well as most of the special effects are really impressive (the giant spider sequence is terrible though). In the original film the thief and the prince were the same character and the plot becomes weaker when they are split into two characters here as you are not really sure whose story is being told. The film does feel a little long and the plot is pretty simplistic.
3/5 fantasy adventure probably more for kids.
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