like arabian nights film plays storytelling conventions order make us feel theres plot plot plot opens appears frame device blind man telling story life plunges flashback takes us right blind mans present discover half story yet come it must admitted second half quite live promise first like arabian nights tries cram many middleeastern folk motiffs possible one work freed genie beautiful princess flying carpet fantastic mechanical toys sea voyages crowded marketplace wicked vizier jewels  know works does everything beautiful sets beautiful june duprez beautiful rozsas score especially beautiful usual sounds hungarian somehow manages convince us hes hungarian persian way