---
title: 'The Thief of Bagdad (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karel Lamač'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-thief-of-bagdad-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044549/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Thief of Bagdad (1952)

1952 · 89 min · Music · Germany

Original title: Die Diebin von Bagdad

## Synopsis

The Thief of Bagdad is a 1952 West German musical comedy film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Theo Lingen, Paul Kemp, Sonja Ziemann and Rudolf Prack. It is not a remake of the 1940 film of the same name, but a comedy about the magic tricks of a female thief in Old Baghdad. It was filmed at the Bendestorf Studios in Lower Saxony. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Beisenherz and Alfred Bütow.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karel Lamač](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-lamac)
- **Screenplay:** [Gustav Kampendonk](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-kampendonk)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lotar Olias](https://cinepixo.com/people/lotar-olias)
- **Producer:** [Fritz Kirchhoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-kirchhoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Willy Winterstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-winterstein)

## Cast

- [Kurt Rackelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-rackelmann)
- [Hubert von Meyerinck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-von-meyerinck)
- [Carl Voscherau](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-voscherau)
- [Kurt Fuß](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-fu)
- [Joachim Rake](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-rake)
- [Theo Lingen](https://cinepixo.com/people/theo-lingen)
- [Horst Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-beck)
- [Joseph Offenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-offenbach)
- [Fita Benkhoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/fita-benkhoff)
- [Kurt A. Jung](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-a-jung)
- [Rudolf Prack](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-prack)
- [Fritz Odemar](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-odemar)
- [Walter Giller](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-giller)
- [Paul Kemp](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-kemp)
- [Sonja Ziemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonja-ziemann)

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