Kismet (1944)
In ancient Baghdad, penniless beggar Hafiz dotes on his beautiful daughter, Marsinah, at home and adopts the dashing and wealthy persona of the Prince of Hassir on the streets. While wooing the glamorous Lady Jamilla, wife of the Grand Vizier, Hafiz accidentally ignites a battle between the treacherous Vizier and the rakish Caliph for his daughter's hand in marriage, in the process exposing each man's secrets.
- Date of release
- 1944-10-01
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
- Director
- William Dieterle
Casting
- Ronald Colman — Hafiz
- Marlene Dietrich — Jamilla
- James Craig — Caliph
- Edward Arnold — The Grand Vizier
- Hugh Herbert — Feisal
- Joy Page — Marsinah
- Florence Bates — Karsha
- Harry Davenport — Agha
- Hobart Cavanaugh — Moolah
- Robert Warwick — Alfife
- Frank Morgan — Narrator (voice)
- Yvonne De Carlo — Handmaiden
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