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Kismet

Kismet

Oct 8, 1955
113 min
MusicRomanceAdventureFantasy
5.3/ 10
15 votes

Overview

A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief, a dim-witted wazir, and his wife. Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph.

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5.3/10
15 votes
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6.3/10
1,711 votes
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57%
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"FAMED STAGE HIT GLORIFIED ON THE SCREEN!"

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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