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PREVIOUSLY PLAYED

ALI BABA AND THE 40 THIEVES

6:45

Monday, August 6

Directed by Jacques Becker

(1954) Legendary horse-faced comic Fernandel buys a woman for his master, then falls for her himself, but then there’s those forty thieves and “Open Sesame!” Becker’s adaptation of the Arabian Nights classic was his first color film, with location shooting in Morocco. New subtitles created especially for this screening by Bruce Goldstein and Elspeth Carroll. DCP imported especially for this series. Approx. 92 min.

Film Forum