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Synopsis: Long ago, the Sultan Schariar has gone mad after his traumatizing near assassination in which his wife collaborated and died at his hands as a result. Now he has a paranoid suspicion of women which he plans to express in a diabolical plan, and that is to marry a woman from the harem and then have her executed the very next morning. To prevent this, the Grand Vizier's daughter and a childhood friend of the Sultan, Scheherezade, offers herself to be that bride. Now, she must gamble that her plan will work as she tries to cure his madness by telling him story after wondrous story which include the tales of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp. All the while, the Sultan's villainous brother is making plans of his own and Scheherezade's stories are more useful against him than anyone can anticipate.
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No.

Well, anyway, with Saffrow's help,

Cassian found the robber's cave.

Open!

What is it?

Open..Open

Ali Baba has given Cassin 2 biscuit

to remind him of the password.

"Open sesame!"

Down boys!

I must get Saffrow.

Open... open!

Open...

Open...

Open corn!

Open barley!

Open Sesame!

Open Sesame...

That was it. Open Sesame...

Meanwhile, whilst Cassian was getting

himself killed, Ali Baba had hired

Himself a young serving girl, Morgiana,

to help him now he had money...

What was this Morgiana like?

Some said she was beautiful.

But she was certainly clever...

- And very independent.

- She sounds like you.

Like Me?

Oh, no, she wasn't like me.

Not like me at all!

That's everything, sir.

Saffrow...

Where's my brother?

Where's Cassian?

That should scare off anyone nosing about.

- Do you think he was with anybody else?

- Nah! They's still have been with him.

And get rid of those two

dragons, they're useless.

Oh, poor Cassian!

I should have tried harder to stop him.

Oh no, don't blame yourself.

Come, we should leave as soon as possible.

No, we must take him with us.

Is that wise?

When the robbers come back

and see the body's gone,

They'll know Cassian had friends or family...

They might try and find you, and do

to you what they did to your brother.

I know you're right Morgiana, but

he must have a decent burial.

We can't... we can't leave him for

the vultures to pick on his bones.

He's my brother.

Cassian had a wonderful funeral. It was

the talk of the city for weeks after.

Cassian must have been very

popular. He had many friends.

- I hope we gave complete

satisfaction - Very good job sir.

The "Damascus Mourners Association"

has a reputation second to none.

Did you see how Mustaffa

threw himself into the grave?

You only get that with

the "Damascus Mourners."

We not only provide all

the funeral arrangements,

But the weeping and gnashing of teeth too.

Remember us, if you have

more deaths in the family.

Someone else knows.

I made a mistake. I have to correct it.

We had been robbed chief jewels

and gold coins are missing.

What should we do?

How much?

Only a couple of sackfuls.

That means there was only two

are three thieves at most.

We'll have to search for them in Damascus.

Where do we look?

They took the body for burial,

so we find out

Who's come into money recently

and could afford a rich funeral.

That's very clever, Chief... I

would never've thought of that.

No "nor mes."

Spare me your "nor mes."

We go into the city in ones

and twos and in disguise,

Or they'll hang us on sight.

Black Coda's men drifted

inconspicuously into the city.

Robbers find nothing wrong in robbery,

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian: [ˈpjɛr ˈpaːolo pazoˈliːni]; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini also distinguished himself as an actor, journalist, novelist, playwright, and political figure. He remains a controversial personality in Italy due to his blunt style and the focus of some of his works on taboo sexual matters, but he is an established major figure in European literature and cinematic arts. His murder prompted an outcry in Italy and its circumstances continue to be a matter of heated debate. more…

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