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Arabian Nights

Name: Arabian Nights
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 1974
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli, Tessa Bouché, Ines Pellegrini

The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series is rich with exotic tales of slaves and kings, potions, betrayals, demons and, most of all, love and lovemaking in all its myriad forms. Mysterious and liberating, this is an exquisitely dreamlike and adult interpretation of the original folk tales.

1974 · Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini · 131 min · Adventure · Fantasy · 8 frames

Tagline

Pier Paolo Pasolini unfolds the Sensual and Erotic tales of the fabled... 1001 Arabian Nights

Crew

Written by: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Dacia Maraini
Cinematography: Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited by: Nino Baragli, Tatiana Casini Morigi
Music: Ennio Morricone
Production design: Dante Ferretti
Produced by: Alberto Grimaldi

Cast

Ninetto Davoli as Aziz
Franco Citti as The Demon
Franco Merli as Nur Ed Din
Tessa Bouché as Aziza
Ines Pellegrini as Zumurrud
Margareth Clémenti as Aziz's Mother
Luigina Rocchi as Budur
Alberto Argentino as Prince Shahzmah
Francesco Paolo Governale as Prince Tagi
Salvatore Sapienza as Prince Yunan

Production

Country: France, Italy
Language: Arabic, Italian
Studios: Les Productions Artistes Associés, PEA
Themes: princess, eroticism, sultan, erotic movie, arabian nights

More by Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Gospel According to St. Matthew — 1965
Medea — 1969
The Decameron — 1971
Oedipus Rex — 1967
Mamma Roma — 1962
Theorem — 1968
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom — 1976
The Canterbury Tales — 1972

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