Arabian Nights
1974 · Movie · NC-17 · 131 min · ★ 6.5 · 77% critics
A chain of fantastical folk tales unfolds across a world of slaves and kings, potions, demons, betrayals, and desire. Dreamlike and deliberately adult, it presents a mysterious, liberating journey through love and lust in many forms, with loosely connected stories that drift from one encounter to the next.
Based on One Thousand and One Nights
Also known as Flower of the Arabian Nights · A Thousand and One Nights
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Details
- Original title
- Il fiore delle Mille e una notte
- Years
- 1974
- Release date
- 1974-06-20
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- NC-17
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (227 votes)
About
If you enjoy surreal, adult folk-tale anthologies with erotic themes and a freewheeling, episodic structure, this may work for you; Not for you if you want comfort viewing or are sensitive to exploitative content like in The Canterbury Tales.
Pros: dreamlike folk-tale vibe; exotic, varied stories | Cons: disturbing sexual content; troubling age dynamics; uneven, episodic flow
Themes
- princess
- eroticism
- sultan
- erotic movie
- arabian nights
Awards & recognition
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · 1974
Cast & crew
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
- AA
Alberto Argentino
as Prince Shahzmah
- FG
Francesco Paolo Governale
as Prince Tagi
- SS
Salvatore Sapienza
as Prince Yunan
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini