Shot in Technicolor, THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940) features a talented cast headed by Conrad Veidt, best known as the stern and treacherous Major Strasser in CASABLANCA. Here he plays the evil and magical Jaffar who turns the prince (played by a young Sabu) into a blind man and imprisons him, and then turns a loyal friend of the prince into a dog. This fantastical enchanted film – which also features a magic lamp, a colossal genie, a flying horse and a magic carpet – had no less than six directors over the course of production… Learn more at the AFI Catalog