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Kismet(Movie, 1944)

1h 40min | Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance / Love
KismetRating: 2.4/5 (with 66 votes)
Kismet is a 1944 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film in Technicolor starring Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Joy Page, and Florence Bates. James Craig played the young Caliph of Baghdad, and Edward Arnold was the treacherous Grand Vizier. It was directed by William Dieterle, but was not a success at the box office. Dieterle had directed Dietrich two decades before in the German silent film Man by the Wayside, which was both the first role in which Dietrich was cast competitively and Dieterle's directorial debut. The film is based on the play of the same name by Edward Knoblock, which was also the basis for a 1953 musical. The play had been filmed three times before, in 1914, 1920, and again in 1930 by Warner Brothers in an English version directed by John Francis Dillon and in a German-l... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Kismet

Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Sound

About Kismet

Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.

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Kismet - Original Theatrical Trailer(Trailer, 2:55)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Baghdad
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/01/1944
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Der Kalif von Bagdad"
Budget: 3,015,000 USD
Revenue: 1,827,000 USD (= 61%)

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Other movies with this title: Kismet (DE, 1917), Kismet (US, 1920), Kismet (US, 1930), Kismet (US, 1931), Kismet (IN, 1943), Kismet (US, 1955), Kismet (1967), Kismet (IR, 1970), Kismet (DE, 1999), Kismet (2014), Kismet (2017), Kismet (IT, 2018)

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