Arabian Nights

Overview

Targeted for assassination by his first wife and his evil brother, a young sultan must marry by the next full moon or he will lose his kingdom. His uncertainty over his newfound bride causes her to stall the sultan with a series of fantastic stories to ease the tension and stall her impending execution.

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Cast

Mili Avital

Scheherezade

Alan Bates

Storyteller

James Frain

Schahzenan / Harun

Rufus Sewell

Ali Baba

Tchéky Karyo

Black Coda

Dougray Scott

Sultan Shahryar

Jason Scott Lee

Aladdin

Vanessa-Mae

Princess Zobeide

John Leguizamo

Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring

Jim Carter

Ja'Far

Hugh Quarshie

Mustappa

Amira Casar

Morgiana

Andy Serkis

Kasim

Chiaki Yamauchi

Head Maid

Nadim Sawalha

Judge Zadic

Henry Goodman

Sultan Billah

Roger Hammond

Jerome Gribben

Don Warrington

Hari Ben Karim

Alexei Sayle

BacBac

Benedict Wong

Hassan