---
title: 'Les 1001 Nuits (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Philippe de Broca'
released: '1990-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/les-1001-nuits-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098961/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Les 1001 Nuits (1990)

1990 · 94 min · Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure · France, Italy

Original title: Les Mille et Une Nuits

## Synopsis

Les 1001 Nuits is a French-Italian fantasy film loosely based on the ancient Arabic legend One Thousand and One Nights. It is directed by Philippe de Broca and stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Sheherazade, who has married a king, who desires to have many virgin wives, but only one at a time. As soon as the King has consummated his relationship with a new wife, he has her put to death at sunrise. Sheherazade delays this unfortunate ending by putting off the connubial event for a thousand and one nights, telling irresistible stories that are unfinished when the sun rises. In this version, Sheherazade finds a magical lamp that holds the genie Jimmy Genius who is from the 20th century. Jimmy helps Sheherazade by providing her with 20th-century technology including a parachute that is used to drop a nude Sheherazade into a man's lap.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Philippe de Broca](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-de-broca)
- **Screenplay:** [Philippe de Broca](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-de-broca), [Jérôme Tonnerre](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-tonnerre)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gabriel Yared](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-yared)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Tournier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-tournier)
- **Editor:** [Henri Lanoë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-lanoe)

## Cast

- [Georges Montillier](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-montillier)
- [Thierry Lhermitte](https://cinepixo.com/people/thierry-lhermitte)
- [Alfredo Pea](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfredo-pea)
- [Éric Métayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-metayer)
- [Stéphane Freiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-freiss)
- [Farida Khelfa](https://cinepixo.com/people/farida-khelfa)
- [Roger Carel](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-carel)
- [Vittorio Gassman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-gassman)
- [Mohamed Majd](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohamed-majd)
- [Catherine Zeta-Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-zeta-jones)
- [Gérard Jugnot](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-jugnot)
- [Max Vialle](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-vialle)
- [Florence Pelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-pelly)
- [Marc Dudicourt](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-dudicourt)

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