Kismet Page #3

Synopsis: Like a tale spun by Scheherazade, Kismet follows the remarkable and repeated changes of fortune that engulf a poor poet. It all happens in one incredible day when Kismet (Fate) takes a hand.
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.4
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Year:
1955
113 min
356 Views


- Ah. Do they really?

- How much ransom did you offer?

- Never mind. Remove the curse.

Certainly, of course. Delighted to do

the best I can under these conditions.

- Don't haggle. Remove the curse.

- Jawan, you don't understand.

A curse must be removed voluntarily.

That's the law of curses.

A curse is nothing more than a prayer,

a prayer for harm.

A prayer is born in the heart,

not the mouth.

- You'd pray for me and not mean it.

- For money, I would.

- Would Allah accept prayer that's paid for?

- Aye, indeed so.

Do you not give money to mosques

and to holy men?

Do they not bless you and pray for you?

- That is true. Give him a gold piece.

- Is that all your son is won'th?

- Lf my patience snaps...

- You'll have eternity to regret it.

Think, Jawan.

Listen to death chuckling in your chest.

What good will your wealth be

when the chuckle becomes a roar?

Your tongue is cunning.

Give him 10 gold pieces.

- A hundred. Do I not offer you your son?

- A hundred?

Happiness on Earth

as well as a cushion in paradise?

How much is too much for eternal bliss?

Will I find my son this day?

This day? Possibly within the hour.

Saddle a horse.

A plain mount, it'll go unnoticed.

Don't risk entering the city. You'll be taken

by the Wazir's police. Tortured. Beheaded.

If I must die in Baghdad,

how can I avoid it?

By staying out of Baghdad.

No man can avoid his fate.

That is kismet.

- Break camp.

- Break camp.

Return to the mountains.

Wait for me there.

Pray well, Hajj the Beggar.

Excuse me, which way is Mecca?

Hey, ho. Hey, ho, ho.

Hey, ho.

I'm rich.

I am rich.

On the rim of torture and death

and now, treasure.

Why, I'm the richest man I ever knew.

Today's my day

My day of days

My blessings unfold

In a hundred golden ways

Fate has played the trick with the twine

And woven evil and good in one design

And I can face the sun

No more to dodge, no more to run

I can eat, I can buy

I can sleep in a bed

In the certainty I'm fed and free

For fate has claimed its child

And smiled on me

Make way for the Wazir.

Make way for the Wazir.

Make way for the Wazir.

Clear the bazaar.

Make way for the Wazir.

- Clear the bazaar.

- Clear the bazaar.

- Make way for the Wazir.

- Make way for the Wazir.

- Clear the bazaar.

- Clear the bazaar.

Follow.

Make way for the Wazir.

Make way for the mighty Wazir

who has eyes in every house.

And hands in every pocket.

Investigate that laughter.

Wife of wives to the Wazir.

Wife of wives to the Wazir.

To the Wazir's wife of wives.

Salaam, Lalume,

possessor of my entire heart.

Happiness attend your return.

Salaam, my exalted husband.

Lalume, I sent you to Ababu

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Charles Lederer

Charles Lederer was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a prominent theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion ... more…

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