{"id":18705,"date":"2024-05-18T13:34:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T11:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stummfilm-live.de\/?post_type=project&#038;p=18705"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:57:17","slug":"the-thief-of-bagdad","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.stummfilm-live.de\/en\/project\/the-thief-of-bagdad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thief of Bagdad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">General Data:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Thief of Bagdad<br \/>\nUSA, 1924<br \/>\nDirected by: Raoul Walsh,<br \/>\nDuration: 147 minutes<br \/>\n16mm silent film, English intertitles<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-18536 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stummfilm-live.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dieb.von-Bagdad-3-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Short and Sweet:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A clever thief competes with a Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess. However, from the game, true love unexpectedly develops, with adventurous complications&#8230;.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stummfilm-live.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bagdad2-300x187.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Actor Douglas Fairbanks himself came up with the idea for this adventure tale from One Thousand and One Nights, wrote the screenplay, and took on the production. At that time, he was at the peak of his Hollywood career. As a laughing thief and braggart, he roams through the oriental Baghdad, which is under the rule of the Caliph. Skillfully and with muscle power, he uses his diverse abilities to have enough for daily life. However, he eventually wants to prove himself worthy of winning the princess&#8217;s heart and masters numerous difficult challenges as a valiant hero. The fantasy adventure, featuring special effects such as the flight on a magic carpet, and stylistic elements of expressionist film, is considered one of the outstanding works of silent film and is absolutely worth watching even after 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stummfilm-live.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bagdad-300x196.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"149\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>Musical Score:<\/h2>\n<p>New musical score by Wilfried Kaets for piano and playback: The music is designed as a reminiscence of the great silent film scores of the 1920s. 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