Latif FAYZIEV
Латиф ФАЙЗИЕВ
Latif FAIZIEV
USSR / India, 1979, 138mn 
fiction
Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves
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Приключения Али-Бабы и сорока разбойников

 

 Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs

 Priklyucheniya Ali-Baby i soroka razboynikov

 
Directed by : Latif FAYZIEV (Латиф ФАЙЗИЕВ)
Spectators : 52,8 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 30/05/1980
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

Plot synopsis
Alibaba, (Dharmendra) a native of Guleba is in love with Marjina (Hema Malini). The town has a ruler, Abu Hasan. Guleban is terrorized by dacoits. Ali Baba hears the password to the door of the cave of the dacoits and takes a lot of jewels from the cave. His brother is killed by the dacoits as he forgets the password and is trapped inside. A young girl whose father has been murdered by the dacoits (Zeenat Aman) has a score to settle with Abu Hasan. Abu Hasan turns out to be the head of the dacoits and he comes to know that Ali Baba visits the cave. He hides the 40 thieves in large urns to kill Ali Baba. Ali Baba comes to know of this and kills them all. He brings to light the startling truth that their own ruler heads the dacoits!
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Commentaries and bibliography
Les meilleurs films coproduits entre l’URSS et des pays asiatiques, Boris EGOROV, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2022
 

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