Editing One Thousand and One Nights (section)

=== Film, radio and television ===
{{Main|Category: Films based on One Thousand and One Nights}}
[[File:Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917).webm|thumb|thumbtime=6|''Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'' (1917)]]

Stories from the ''One Thousand and One Nights'' have been popular subjects for films, beginning with [[Georges Méliès]]' ''[[The Palace of the Arabian Nights|Le Palais des Mille et une nuits]]'' (1905).

The critic Robert Irwin singles out the two versions of ''The Thief of Baghdad'' ([[The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)|1924 version]] directed by Raoul Walsh; [[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|1940 version]] produced by Alexander Korda) and [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]'s ''[[Il fiore delle Mille e una notte]]'' (1974) as ranking "high among the masterpieces of world cinema."{{sfn|Irwin|2004|pp=291–292}}  Michael James Lundell calls ''Il fiore'' "the most faithful adaptation, in its emphasis on sexuality, of ''The 1001 Nights'' in its oldest form".<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1093/adaptation/aps022|title=Pasolini's Splendid Infidelities: Un/Faithful Film Versions of ''The Thousand and One Nights''|first=Michael|last=Lundell|journal=Adaptation|volume=6|issue=1|year=2013|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|pages=120–127}}</ref>

''Alif Laila'' ({{translation|One Thousand Nights}}; 1933) was a [[Hindi]]-language fantasy film based on ''One Thousand and One Nights'' from the early era of [[Indian cinema]], directed by Balwant Bhatt and [[Shanti Dave]]. [[K. Amarnath]] made, ''[[Alif Laila (1953 film)|Alif Laila]]'' (1953), another Indian fantasy film in Hindi based on the folktale of [[Aladdin]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999"/> [[Niren Lahiri]]'s ''Arabian Nights'', an adventure-fantasy film adaptation of the stories, released in 1946.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arabian Nights (1946) |url=https://indiancine.ma/EHD/info |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> A number of Indian films based on the ''Nights'' and ''The Thief of Baghdad'' were produced over the years, including ''[[Baghdad Ka Chor]]'' (1946), ''[[Baghdad Thirudan]]'' (1960), and ''[[Baghdad Gaja Donga]]'' (1968).<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0EOAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=978-1-57958-146-6}}</ref> A television series, [[Thief of Baghdad (TV series)|''Thief of Baghdad'']], was also made in India which aired on [[Zee TV]] between 2000 and 2001.

[[UPA (animation studio)|UPA]], an American animation studio, produced an animated feature version of ''[[1001 Arabian Nights (1959 film)|1001 Arabian Nights]]'' (1959), featuring the cartoon character [[Mr. Magoo]].<ref name="MaltinMiceMagic">{{cite book |title=Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |year=1987 |publisher=New American Library |isbn=0-452-25993-2 |pages=341–342}}</ref>

The 1949 animated film ''[[The Singing Princess]]'', another movie produced in Italy, is inspired by The Arabian Nights. The animated feature film, ''[[One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (film)|One Thousand and One Arabian Nights]]'' (1969), produced in Japan and directed by [[Osamu Tezuka]] and Eichii Yamamoto, featured [[Psychedelic art|psychedelic]] imagery and sounds, and erotic material intended for adults.<ref>[http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4107 One Thousand and One Arabian Nights Review (1969)]. Thespinningimage.co.uk. Retrieved on 2013-09-23.</ref>

''[[Alif Laila]]'' (''The Arabian Nights''), a 1993–1997 Indian TV series based on the stories from ''One Thousand and One Nights'' produced by [[Sagar Films|Sagar Entertainment Ltd]], aired on [[DD National]] starts with Scheherazade telling her stories to Shahryār, and contains both the well-known and the lesser-known stories from ''One Thousand and One Nights''. Another Indian television series, ''Alif Laila'', based on various stories from the collection aired on [[Dangal TV]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dangal TV's new fantasy drama Alif Laila soon on TV |url=https://news.abplive.com/videos/entertainment/television-dangal-tvs-new-fantasy-drama-alif-laila-soon-on-tv-1164749 |website=[[ABP News]] |language=en |date=2020-02-24}}</ref>

''Alf Leila Wa Leila'', Egyptian television adaptations of the stories was broadcast between the 1980s and early 1990s, with each series featuring a cast of big name Egyptian performers such as [[Hussein Fahmy]], [[Raghda]], [[Laila Elwi]], [[Yousuf Shaaban (actor)|Yousuf Shaaban]], [[Nelly (Egyptian entertainer)|Nelly]], [[Sherihan]] and [[Yehia El-Fakharany]]. Each series premiered on every yearly month of [[Ramadan]] between the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMD6lI_driU&list=PL9KkecclNUBSJGb1T2A0lrvYWhhK_m0g6&index=1|title=ألف ليلة وليلة ׀ ليلى والإشكيف׃ تتر بداية|date=14 June 2016 |access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

One of the best known Arabian Nights-based films is the 1992 [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney animated]] movie ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', which is loosely based on the story of the same name.

''[[Arabian Nights (TV miniseries)|Arabian Nights]]'' (2000), a two-part television mini-series adopted for BBC and ABC studios, starring [[Mili Avital]], [[Dougray Scott]], and [[John Leguizamo]], and directed by [[Steve Barron]], is based on the translation by [[Sir Richard Francis Burton]].

[[Shabnam Rezaei]] and Aly Jetha created, and the Vancouver-based [[Big Bad Boo]] Studios produced ''[[1001 Nights (TV series)|1001 Nights]]'' (2011), an animated television series for children, which launched on [[Teletoon (Canada)|Teletoon]] and airs in 80 countries around the world, including Discovery Kids Asia.<ref>[http://kidscreen.com/2013/06/13/1001-nights-heads-to-discovery-kids-asia/ 1001 Nights heads to Discovery Kids Asia]. Kidscreen (2013-06-13). Retrieved on 2013-09-23.</ref>

''[[Arabian Nights (2015 film)|Arabian Nights]]'' (2015, in Portuguese: ''As Mil e uma Noites''), a three-part film directed by [[Miguel Gomes (director)|Miguel Gomes]], is based on ''One Thousand and One Nights''.<ref>[http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-most-ambitious-movie-at-this-years-cannes-film-festival-is-arabian-nights-20150522 The Most Ambitious Movie At This Year's Cannes Film Festival is 'Arabian Nights']. Retrieved on 2015-01-18.</ref>

''Alf Leila Wa Leila'', a popular [[Egypt]]ian radio adaptation was broadcast on Egyptian radio stations for 26 years. Directed by famed radio director Mohamed Mahmoud Shabaan also known by his nickname ''Baba Sharoon'', the series featured a cast of respected Egyptian actors, among them Zouzou Nabil as Scheherazade and Abdelrahim El Zarakany as Shahryar.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8MukEws594&list=PLU-ZPntr7KxZkvwQOXiAunsd5dIZVgYsd&index=1 ألف ليلة وليلة .. الليلة الأولى: حكاية شهريار ولقائه الأول مع شهرزاد]. [[Egyptian Radio]].</ref>

''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]'' (2019) is a [[Musical film|musical]] [[fantasy film]] directed by [[Guy Ritchie]] from a screenplay he co-wrote with [[John August]]. Co-produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures]] and [[Rideback (production company)|Rideback]], it is a live-action remake of Disney's [[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|1992 animated feature film of the same title]].