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Kismet (1955)
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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From Time Out Film Guide
Magicians and caliphs, poets and lovers, all involved in Arabian Nights-style romantic intrigues: the ideal material, one would have thought, for a full-blown exotic musical. But despite the ripe melodies borrowed from Borodin and the expensively luscious sets, it never really takes off, thanks partly to a less than top-notch cast, partly to Minnelli's often indifferent direction. Minnelli himself has commented: 'Arthur (Freed) had already asked me to direct the picture, but I didn't relate to it, and declined. Now I was being asked again (by Dore Schary), and the implication was that I wouldn't get the Van Gogh picture (Lust for Life) if I didn't direct Kismet. I capitulated...'Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Producer: Arthur Freed
Cast: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Monty Woolley, Sebastian Cabot, Vic Damone, Jay C Flippen, Mike Mazurki, Jack Elam full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 113 mins
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