---
title: 'Arabian Nights (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pier Paolo Pasolini'
released: '1974-05-20'
runtime_minutes: 129
certification: 'NC-17'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/arabian-nights-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071502/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Arabian Nights (1974)

1974 · NC-17 · 129 min · Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure · France, Italy

Original title: Il fiore delle Mille e una notte
Part of: Trilogy of Life

## Synopsis

Arabian Nights is a 1974 erotic fantasy comedy anthology film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film is an adaptation of the ancient Arabic anthology One Thousand and One Nights, also known as The Arabian Nights. It is mostly based on the tale Ali Shar and Zumurrud. It is the last of Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", which began with The Decameron and continued with The Canterbury Tales. The lead was played by young Franco Merli who was discovered for this film by Pasolini. The film is an adaptation of several stories within the original collection but they are presented out of order and without the Scheherazade, Dunyazad and King Shahriyar frame story.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pier Paolo Pasolini](https://cinepixo.com/people/pier-paolo-pasolini)
- **Screenplay:** [Pier Paolo Pasolini](https://cinepixo.com/people/pier-paolo-pasolini), [Dacia Maraini](https://cinepixo.com/people/dacia-maraini)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Producer:** [Alberto Grimaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-grimaldi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giuseppe Ruzzolini](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-ruzzolini)
- **Editor:** [Nino Baragli](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-baragli)

## Cast

- [Franco Citti](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-citti)
- [Franca Sciutto](https://cinepixo.com/people/franca-sciutto)
- [Luigi Antonio Guerra](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-antonio-guerra)
- [Luigina Rocchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigina-rocchi)
- [Franco Merli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-merli)
- [Ines Pellegrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ines-pellegrini)
- [Margareth Clémenti](https://cinepixo.com/people/margareth-clementi)
- [Ninetto Davoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ninetto-davoli)

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