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Ali Baba Bujang Lapok
๐ฎ๐ถ IraqIn Baghdad lived Ali Baba the pauper and his brother the rich man Kassim Baba. Ali Baba earns his living by collecting firewoods but due to his working nature he is not able to earn much so he frequently asks the help of his brother for money and food once in a while. His wealthy brother always looks down on his younger brother saying that he doesn't have ambition to improve his life if he keeps on doing the work he is doing. One day while Ali baba was collecting firewood near a cliff as always, he spotted a group of thieves walking to a nearby cave.
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The Thief of Baghdad
๐ฎ๐ถ IraqThe fantastic deeds... The Incredible daring of the thief who defied an empire! โ When Karim impersonates a prince Osman, he steals the heart of Amina the Sultans daughter. The real prince intends to get Amina back by giving her a love potion. But his plan backfires and Amina becomes deathly ill. Karim must make it through 7 doors to retrieve the only thing that can save his love-a mystical blue rose. A timeless, enchanting story!
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The Trojan Horse
๐น๐ท Turkey Ancient HistoryThe World's Mightiest Man In The Mightiest Spectacle Ever Filmed โ Guerra di Troia (AKA: Trojan Horse) is a 1961 historical drama film set in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. The film focuses primarily on the exploits of the Trojan hero Aeneas during this time. The film was directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starred Steve Reeves as Aeneas and John Drew Barrymore as Odysseus. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Broken Pots
๐น๐ท TurkeyDirected by Memduh รn
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Oh Islam
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt ๐ฎ๐ท Iran ๐ธ๐พ Syria The 13th CenturySet in the 14th century. Under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem (Lubna Aziz) rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders.
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The Wizard of Baghdad
๐ฎ๐ถ IraqENTER A WORLD OF 1001 THRILLS! โ A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a prophecy.
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Exodus
๐จ๐พ Cyprus ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐ต๐ธ Palestine The 1940sBased on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman), a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
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David and Goliath
๐ฎ๐ฑ IsraelOrson Welles stars in this familiar Old Testament tale about the Philistines and the Israelites. When the Philistines attack, the Israelites are hopeless against the fierce giant Goliath and don't know what to do. King Saul takes the advice of the prophets and sends an adolescent shepherd, David, into battle to conquer the oversized Philistine. David is victorious and becomes the King of Israel.
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A Story of David
๐ฎ๐ฑ IsraelDirected by Bob McNaught. King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's armies. Now Saul, egged on by his Edomite counselor Doeg, attempts to have David killed. Saul's son, and David's best friend, Jonathan, conspires to help David, who is reluctant to fight back against his own people the Israelites.
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Die Herrin der Welt - Teil I
๐น๐ท TurkeyProfessor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough; a device that will create a huge magnetic pulse that knocks out all electricity over a continent-wide area. The military applications are already being thought of when Dr. Johansson is kidnapped by a group of profit-seeking mercenaries. Meanwhile, his daughter, Karin, finds herself having to consort with all manner of shady characters as she searches for her father.
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Baghdadh Thirudan
๐ฎ๐ถ IraqBaghdad Thirudan is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film produced and directed by T. P. Sundaram.
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For Chastity
๐น๐ท TurkeyA young taxi-driver tries to make his newly married wife happy and joyful. But the wife, seduced by luxury and class, thinks otherwise and it leads to bad outcomes.
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Burning Sands
๐ฏ๐ด JordanA little group of people in Israel decides to track down a treasure which, according to the legend, is placed in the city of Petra in the kingdom of Jordan. No man ever survived this treasurehunt "to the other side" (of the Jordan River) before and the adventure ends up with fatal consequences.
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Foxhole in Cairo
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1940sThe Greatest Spy Story of the Desert War! โ A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.
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Goha
๐ช๐ฌ EgyptAs far as can be determined, Goha was Tunisia's first entry in the Cannes Film Festival. Omar Sharif stars as a naรฏve young man who is taken for granted by friends and family. Little do they know that he has more intelligence, tenacity and imagination than all of them put together. The story takes an unexpectedly dramatic turn when the man falls in love with the young wife of his village's elderly "wise man". Based on an ancient Tunisian folk tale, Goha boasts impressive production values and sure-handed direction (by Jacques Baratier).
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Sea of Sand
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1940sA small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign. Sea of Sand was distributed in the US in a shortened version, Desert Patrol.
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Cairo Station
๐ช๐ฌ EgyptQinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed by Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.
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Istanbul
๐น๐ท TurkeyHe must find his true love...all over again. โ A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?
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Omar Khayyam
๐ฎ๐ท Iran The 11th CenturyRiding high with spectacular action and excitement ! โ Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.
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Helen of Troy
๐น๐ท Turkey Ancient HistoryIts towering wonders span the age of titans! โ Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.
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Alexander the Great
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq The 4th Century BCThe colossus who conquered the world! โ He was a fierce military commander who led huge armies into battle without a single defeat; a magnificent warrior who many believed was part god - this was Alexander the Great (Richard Burton), the legendary Greek hero hailed by his countrymen as "The King of Kings". Born in 356 B.C. into a turbulent world of political unrest, educated by Aristotle (Barry Jones) and chosen to lead his people in the grand tradition of his powerful father (Fredric March), this glamorous world conqueror rose above all conflict to unite the continents of Europe and Asia to become one of the most celebrated rulers of all time! Written, produced and directed by Oscar - winner Robert Rossen and featuring the extraordinary Claire Bloom and a remarkable cast of thousands, this stunning portrait of one of history's most fascinating figures is colossal entertainment and an amazing spectacle.
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Son of Sinbad
๐ฎ๐ถ IraqHOLD ON TO YOUR TURBANS! Here comes Adventure's boldest son! โ Legendary pirate and adventurer Sinbad is in single-minded pursuit of two things: beautiful women and a substance called Greek Fire--an early version of gunpowder.
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Kismet
๐ฎ๐ถ IraqFAMED STAGE HIT GLORIFIED ON THE SCREEN! โ A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
๐ช๐ฌ EgyptThey're back -- in their mummy's arms! โ When the murder of an archaeologist puts a valuable medallion into their hands, Abbott and Costello waste little time in trying to sell it, only to find themselves pursued by police, a slinky adventuress, an Egyptian high priest, and the mummy himself.
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Abu Hassan The Thief
๐ฎ๐ถ IraqAbu Hassan is a person who lives on stealing and just wonders about in the city with his dear friend Kassim from one place to another place steling stuff to make a living. One day as they were wondering in the city of Baghdad, they were stunned at the beauty of Princess Faridah who passed by escorted by her bodyguards. Abu Hassan dreamt that one day he could marry her. He was so into her that he wanted to meet her but impossibly enough the whole palace was guarded tightly and there was surely no way in. But his dream came true when he stole a magic cane. How far will he go with his dream of meeting the Princess?
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Bowery to Bagdad
๐ฎ๐ถ IraqAbracadabra!...They're Insultin' The Sultan's Babes! โ The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers.
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Hill 24 Doesn't Answer
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1940sThe passionate love story of a fighting Irishman and an Israeli lass. โ First movie produced in Israel deals with the outbreak of hostilities during the war for independence in 1947.
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Sahara Hare
๐ช๐ฌ EgyptRiff-Raff (Yosemite) Sam, riding a camel that won't whoa, chases Bugs into a French Foreign-Legion post.
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Geliebte Feindin
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Yasmin
๐ฎ๐ท Iran The 18th CenturyA powerful and princely Sheikh lives in 18th Century Persia, makes a living renting out properties, and recovering taxes and dues on them. He lives in a palatial house with his wife, Zubeda, and son, Ahmad. When Ahmad grows up, Zubeda notices that he is spending too much time with women in their harem, and wants his father to get him involved in their business. Sheikh accordingly instructs Ahmad to collect all revenue, which he does so. A few days later, Sheikh is informed that Ahmad has been spending time with a friend named Farid, and is romantically involved with a dancing girl named Yasmin. A visibly upset Sheikh accordingly warns Ahmad to mend his ways, give up on Yasmin and return home, where he has planned his marriage with Nadira, the daughter of Amir Qasim.
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Rommel's Treasure
๐ช๐ฌ EgyptA treasure at their fingertips.....Death at their heels!!! โ The underworld of Cairo is alerted to certain moves of various people in the search for Rommel's treasure. Some are intent on the valuables, while others seek only the documents. The searchers, each working for individual reasons, are: von Brunner, an ex-officer of Rommel's staff who seeks the treasure to aid families of the fallen; Wells, a famous American news photographer out for a scoop; Mrs. Fischer, owner of a luxury riverboat nightclub, who seeks the documents for a foreign power, and Krikorian, pretending to be helping Mrs. Fischer but is really interested in making what he can for himself. Sofia, a cabaret star for Mrs. Fischer, is in love with von Brmmer and unwittingly endangers her life when Mrs. Fischer discovers she is helping von Brunner in his quest.
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The Silver Chalice
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1st CenturyI bid you seek the lost silver cup... for sin is rising like the swollen rivers... โ A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
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The Adventures of Hajji Baba
๐ฎ๐ท Iran The 18th CenturyIn Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is leaving his father's shop to seek a greater fortune, while the Princess Fawzia is trying to talk her father, the Caliph into giving her in marriage to Nur-El-Din, a rival prince known far and wide as mean and fickle. Her father intends Fawzia for Fawzia to marry a friend and ally, and makes plans to send her to him.
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Valley of the Kings
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1900sAMAZING! TIMELY! THRILLING! โ Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to help her fulfill her deceased father's life's ambition - to provide solid proof of the biblical Joseph's travels in ancient Egypt. As an ex-pupil of Ann's father, Mark accepts and the two embark on a search for the tomb of the Pharoah Ra Hotep, said to have had some connection with Joseph. The trail to the tomb is fraught with intrigue, betrayal, murder, and the possibility that the tomb itself has been emptied of all its artifacts by ancient looters.
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The Queen of Babylon
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq Ancient HistoryShe Was LOVE'S SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD! โ In this Biblical epic, a brave Chaldean rebel takes on his evil nemesis, a cruel Assyrian king. En route to his fateful meeting, the rebel hides in the humble hut of a luscious peasant girl.
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Song of the Rivers
๐ช๐ฌ EgyptThe Song of the Rivers, or Das Lied der Strรถme, is a 1954 documentary production by the East Germany's Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA). Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens was the leading director. The sprawling film celebrates international workers movements along six major rivers: the Volga, Mississippi, Ganges, Nile, Amazon and the Yangtze. Shot in many countries by different film crews, and later edited by Ivens, Song of the Rivers begins with a lyrical montage of landscapes and laborers and proceeds to glorify labor and modern industrial machinery. The musical score is by Dmitri Shostakovich, with lyrics written by Berthold Brecht, and songs performed by German communism's star Ernst Busch and famous American actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson who also narrates. Song of the Rivers is an ode to international solidarity.
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Theodora, Slave Empress
๐น๐ท Turkey The 6th CenturyMistress Of A Barbaric Empire - Master Of An Unconquerable Emperor! โ Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.
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Heimweh nach Deutschland
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The Golden Blade
๐ฎ๐ถ IraqHis Blade Of Gold... A Legend In Battle! Her Kiss Of Surrender... The Prize Of Victory! โ Harum is a fearless man of the people who comes to Bagdad to avenge the murder of his father and meets Krairuzan, a princess disguised as a commoner, working against a plot by a band of evil schemers trying to do away with her father, the Caliph. She gives Harum a golden sword which, in his hands, makes him invincible. Harum uses the sword in the name of justice and is doing quite well until a duplicate sword is placed in his scabbard during one of his off-guard moments, and he winds up in chains.
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Dracula in Istanbul
๐น๐ท TurkeyAzmi is a lawyer from Istanbul. Drakula of Romania has assumed a new title. Azmi travels to Romania for legal matters. He is warned of Drakula but Azmi is a strong believer of goodness. This Turkish-made film sticks fairly close to the original plot of Bram Stoker's novel.
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Serpent of the Nile
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1st Century BCHer Passion Ruled Rome! โ Cleopatra (Rhonda Fleming) toys with Mark Antony (Raymond Burr), who wants to merge his Rome with her Egypt.
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Siren of Bagdad
๐ฎ๐ถ IraqVery, Very Gay! When the Sultan's Away, and the Royal Magician Starts to Play...in the Harem! โ Director Richard Quine's 1953 adventure comedy about a magician's efforts to rescue a dancing princess stars Patricia Medina, Paul Henreid, Hans Conried, Laurette Luez and Michael Fox.
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Barabbas
๐จ๐พ Cyprus ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1st CenturyThe story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
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Admiral Ushakov
๐น๐ท Turkey The 19th Century The 18th CenturyHistorical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.
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The Sob
๐น๐ท TurkeyAfter his mother had died, Kenan (Muzaffer Tema) left the home to take care of a goodhearted rich man, whose daughter Nalan (Nedret Gรผvenรง) fell deeply in love with him...
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The Juggler
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1940sThe story of a man of passions ! โ A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.
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