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Kismet

Kismet

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 8, 1955

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Music, Romance, Adventure, Fantasy

User Score

50%

Original Title

Kismet

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Vincente Minnelli

Description

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.