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Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1970)

Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1970)

Adventure Fantasy Animation Family

In all the Arabian Nights There Is Nothing As Magical As The Adventures of Aladdin.

Release Date: 1970, January 28
Directors: Jean Image
Countries: France
Production: films jean image, films jean image
Cast: Georges Atlas, Henri Virlogeux, Lucie Dolène, Lita Recio, Jean-Pierre Leroux, Fred Pasquali, Paul Guez, Gaston Guez, Claire Guibert, Richard Francœur, René Hiéronimus, Michel Gudin

Overview:

He travels to Aladdin's village, identified as being near the border with China, where he enlists Aladdin's help by pretending to be his long-lost uncle and offering to leave his wealth to Aladdin. At one point, the Magician character tells the story of his travels to China, India and Persia and we see a montage of these adventures and it's kind of interesting because of the way it invokes other cultures of the era. There is some unnecessary padding throughout as characters break into songs that do nothing but tell parts of Once upon a time, somewhere in Africa, a local magician dreamed of owning the Magic Lamp. Thanks to a Magic Ball he learned that the Lamp could be found in an Asian village and that only the innocent hand of a young person could snatch it. He traveled to the place, a village called Three Hill City, close to the Chinese border. There lived Aladdin