Quick Facts
DirectorVincente Minnelli
Runtime1h 53m
GenresAdventure · Fantasy · Music · Romance
Release1955-10-08
Film
Kismet
1955· 1h 53m· Adventure· Fantasy· Music· Romance
“ECSTACY of Song Spectacle and Love!”
A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief, a dim-witted wazir, and his wife. Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph.
1955-10-08
Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
DirectorVincente Minnelli
ScreenplayCharles Lederer
ProducerArthur Freed
Director of PhotographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Original Music ComposerGeorge Forrest
EditorAdrienne Fazan
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 46 crew)
Details
Released1955-10-08
Runtime1h 53m
StatusReleased
StudiosMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer · Loew's Incorporated
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating5.6/10 · 17 votes
Original languageen
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