"graffiti. To establish a mushroom farm inside the cave, the cave grounds were leveled by a grader. The mouth of the cave was enlarged even to enable the grader's entry. The cave was also used several times as a setting in filmmaking and television productions that left permanent modifications inside the cave. The cave featured in the 1971 movie ""Ali Baba ve Kırk Haramiler"" (English: ""Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves""), based on the folk tale Ali Baba, with a role as the treasure cave that opens with the magic words ""open sesame"" and closes off with ""close sesame"", respectively."
"Open Sesame (phrase) ""Open Sesame"" () () is a magical phrase in the story of ""Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"" in ""One Thousand and One Nights"". It opens the mouth of a cave in which forty thieves have hidden a treasure. The phrase first appears in Antoine Galland's ""Les Mille et une nuits"" (1704–1717) as ""Sésame, ouvre-toi"" (English, ""Sesame, open!""). No earlier oral or written version of the story is known in any language. Galland's phrase has been variously translated from the French into English as ""Sesame, Open"", ""Open, Sesame"" and ""Open, O Simsim"". Open Sesame has been classified"
"to the cave, taking a donkey with him to take as much treasure as possible. He enters the cave with the magic words. But in his greed and excitement over the treasure, he forgets the words to get out again. The thieves find him there and kill him. When his brother does not come back, Ali Baba goes to the cave to look for him, and finds the body quartered and with each piece displayed just inside the cave's entrance, as a warning to anyone else who might try to enter. Ali Baba brings the body home where he entrusts"
"Ali Baba Ali Baba ( """") is a character from the folk tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (). This story is included in many versions of the ""One Thousand and One Nights"", which it was added to in the 18th century by Antoine Galland, who heard the story from a Syrian storyteller, Hanna Diyab. It is one of the most familiar of the ""Arabian Nights"" tales, and has been widely retold and performed in many media, especially for children, where the more violent aspects of the story are often suppressed. In the story, Ali Baba is a poor"
"to the cave to open. Ali Baba waits until the thieves have all left the cave before coming out of the tree and using the magic words to open the cave. Inside, he discovers a variety of riches and wealth, but only takes a box of gold coins. With the gold coins, Ali Baba is able to pay Kassim back everything he owes and live in better comfort. Kassim Baba is overcomed with curiosity and pesters Ali Baba to tell him how he suddenly came into wealth. Ali Baba eventually relents and tells Kassim about the cave and the magical"
"out at her sending her home in tears. She blames Ali Baba for putting her in the situation and blames him for not making an effort to seek a job. Ali Baba finally relents and goes out into the woods to gather firewood where he chances upon a group of 40 thieves marching through the woods carrying loot and treasures. He hides in a tree and watches their leader (P. Ramlee) stand in front of a cave and sings a verse of seemingly nonsensical words (""niat ingsun matek aji semar ngising"", actually a Javanese language poem) which causes an entrance"
"only Ali escapes. Alone and lost in the desert, he comes across a mountainside where he sees a group of riders exiting a hidden cave. Deducing its opening phrase, he enters the cave and finds it filled with treasure. When the 40 thieves return, they find the boy asleep in their hideout. Upon learning that he is the son of the caliph, and impressed by his courage and determination, the thieves allow him to stay, and their leader, Old Baba (Fortunio Bonanova), adopts him as his son, Ali Baba. Ten years later, the band of thieves have become a group"
"the insurgents. The Iraqis adopted the term ""Ali Baba"" to describe foreign troops suspected of looting. Ali Baba Ali Baba ( """") is a character from the folk tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (). This story is included in many versions of the ""One Thousand and One Nights"", which it was added to in the 18th century by Antoine Galland, who heard the story from a Syrian storyteller, Hanna Diyab. It is one of the most familiar of the ""Arabian Nights"" tales, and has been widely retold and performed in many media, especially for children, where the more"
"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944 film) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is a 1944 adventure film starring Maria Montez and Jon Hall, and directed by Arthur Lubin. The film is derived from ""The Book of One Thousand and One Nights"" but its story departs greatly from the tale of the same name and includes an actual historic event. The film is one of series of ""exotic"" tales released by Universal during the war years; others include ""Cobra Woman"", ""Arabian Nights"" and ""White Savage"". The story begins in the immediate aftermath of the successful Mongolian conquest of Bagdad"
"the 40 thieves whose sole purpose is to steal back their rightful treasure from Ali Baba the 33rd. The tyrannical Ali Baba being nearly broke as he has spent most of the money his father left him, finds a magic lamp which is inhabited by a cat-phobic genie who cannot work his magic unless all the cats in the kingdom are gone. The boy and his companions, plan to save the jailed cats, to get back the stolen treasures from Ali Baba and saving the oppressed people from his tyranny. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1971 film) It was"
"by Stith Thompson as motif element D1552.2, ""Mountain opens to magic formula"". In the story, Ali Baba overhears the 40 thieves saying ""open sesame"". His brother later cannot remember the phrase, and confuses it with the names of other grains (becoming trapped in the magic cave). Sesame seeds grow in a seed pod that splits open when it reaches maturity, and the phrase possibly alludes to unlocking of treasures, although it is not certain that the word ""sesame"" actually refers to the sesame plant or seed. Other theories include: Open Sesame (phrase) ""Open Sesame"" () () is a magical phrase"
"marriage and keeps the secret of the treasure. Ali Baba and his elder brother Cassim are the sons of a merchant. After the death of their father, the greedy Cassim marries a wealthy woman and becomes well-to-do, building on their father's business. Ali Baba marries a poor woman and settles into the trade of a woodcutter. One day, Ali Baba is at work collecting and cutting firewood in the forest, when he happens to overhear a group of forty thieves visiting their treasure store. The treasure is in a cave, the mouth of which is sealed by magic. It opens"
"tells her husband. Under pressure from his brother, Ali Baba is forced to reveal the secret of the cave. Cassim goes to the cave, taking a donkey with him to take as much treasure as possible. He enters the cave with the magic words, but in his greed and excitement over the treasure, he forgets the words to get out again. The thieves find him there and kill him. When his brother does not come back, Ali Baba goes to the cave to look for him and finds the body quartered, with each piece displayed just inside the entrance of"
"the other thirty-seven hiding the other remaining thieves. Once Ali Baba is asleep, the thieves plan to kill him. Again, Morgiana discovers and foils the plan, killing the thirty-seven thieves in their oil jars by pouring boiling oil on them. When their leader comes to rouse his men, he discovers that they are all dead, and escapes. The next morning Morgiana tells Ali Baba about the thieves in the jars; they bury them, and Ali Baba shows his gratitude by giving Morgiana her freedom. To exact revenge, after some time the chief of thieves establishes himself as a merchant, befriends"
"Ali Baba 40 Dongalu Ali Baba 40 Dongalu (English: Ali Baba 40 Thieves) is a 1970 Telugu swashbuckling adventure fantasy film, produced by N. Ramabrahmam under the Sri Gowtham Pictures banner and directed by B. Vittalacharya. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jayalalithaa in the lead roles and music composed by Ghantasala. The film is based on a story from ""Arabian Nights"" called ""Alibaba 40 Thieves"". The film begins with 40 thieves making robberies in various places of Baghdad and hiding their stolen treasure at a secret cave called ""Sesame"". Once their Sardar (Mikkilineni) sends his acolyte Choto (Satyanarayana) with"
"story is about a poor lad named Ali Baba (Dharmendra) who lives in the town of Gulabad, somewhere in Central Asia, with his mother and elder brother Qasim who owns a small petty shop. Ali Baba's father Yousuf is a merchant in a faraway land who has never returned since he last left when Ali Baba was born. So poor Ali Baba makes a living out of selling timber cut from the hills. Gulabad is terrorized by a band of 40 dacoits. They hide their loot in a magical cave in the deserted hills. When the bandit leader recites the"
"Ali Baba (Cherubini) Ali Baba, ou les quarante voleurs is a ""tragédie lyrique"" in four acts plus a prologue, with libretto by Eugène Scribe and Mélesville and music by Luigi Cherubini. The story is based on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. It was premiered by the Paris Opera in the Salle Le Peletier on 22 July 1833. It was Cherubini's last opera, though he lived for nearly a decade longer. It is also his longest opera, lasting for about three and a half hours at the premiere. Some of the music was adapted and rewritten from his ""Koukourgi"" (written"
"overcome his madness and has fallen in love with Scheherazade. Using strategies inspired from elements from the stories, Shahryar is able to defeat his brother's army. At the end of the battle, it is revealed that all that had been seen was a story itself, recounted by Scheherazade to her children. The series ends with Scheherazade promising to tell her children another story tomorrow night. The first story told by Scheherazade is that of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Ali Baba (Rufus Sewell) is a poor peasant from Damascus who finds a magical cave in which is the loot"
"stories. The old story-teller, Chhenu ki Jhunnu ka Baba, living in Ghungar village, collects stories and fables which his mother has left hidden under rocks. Baba's peculiarity is that is growing younger day-by-day and once he will find all the stories he will be a child. The series has two parts: ""Ali Baba and his forty thieves"" (ten episodes) and ""Alladin and the magic lamp"" (ten episodes). Its adorable title song tune was reused in the movie ""Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela"" for the song ""Ram chahe Leela"". Potli Baba Ki Potli Baba Ki (""Baba's Tales"") (1991) is an Indian children's"
"furious at the thought of not being able to have Delia, kidnapped her. The robbers then ask a ransom to release Ali Baba and try to storm the house of the merchant hiding in bales of coffee. The situation seems to change for the worse for Nadir and his men, but Aboul-Hassan and his soldiers come and order that the bales be burned and the leaders of the gang arrested. Ali Baba (Cherubini) Ali Baba, ou les quarante voleurs is a ""tragédie lyrique"" in four acts plus a prologue, with libretto by Eugène Scribe and Mélesville and music by Luigi"
"the house. However, the thief has been seen by Morgiana who, loyal to her master, foils the thief's plan by marking all the houses in the neighborhood similarly. When the 40 thieves return that night, they cannot identify the correct house, and their leader kills the unsuccessful thief in a furious rage. The next day, another thief revisits Baba Mustafa and tries again. Only this time, a chunk is chipped out of the stone step at Ali Baba's front door. Again, Morgiana foils the plan by making similar chips in all the other doorsteps, and the second thief is killed"
"for his failure as well. At last, the leader of the thieves goes and looks himself. This time, he memorizes every detail he can of the exterior of Ali Baba's house. The leader of the thieves pretends to be an oil merchant in need of Ali Baba's hospitality, bringing with him mules loaded with 38 oil jars, one filled with oil, the other 37 hiding the other remaining thieves. Once Ali Baba is asleep, the thieves plan to kill him. Again, Morgiana discovers and foils the plan, killing the 37 thieves in their oil jars by pouring boiling oil on"
"a sign of victory Jamiel hoists the Arabian flag atop the palace's highest tower. The role of Jamiel was meant to be played by Sabu. However, when he went into the army, the role was taken by Turhan Bey. Maria Montez admitted she only acted ""three or four times"" in the film. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944 film) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is a 1944 adventure film starring Maria Montez and Jon Hall, and directed by Arthur Lubin. The film is derived from ""The Book of One Thousand and One Nights"" but its story departs greatly"
"the cave as a warning to anyone else who might try to enter. Ali Baba brings the body home, where he entrusts Morgiana, a clever slave-girl in Cassim's household, with the task of making others believe that Cassim has died a natural death. First, Morgiana purchases medicines from an apothecary, telling him that Cassim is gravely ill. Then, she finds an old tailor known as Baba Mustafa whom she pays, blindfolds, and leads to Cassim's house. There, overnight, the tailor stitches the pieces of Cassim's body back together, so that no one will be suspicious. Ali Baba and his family"
"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1971 film) It was directed by Hiroshi Shidara and written by Morihisa Yamamoto. Hayao Miyazaki played a decisive role in developing structure, characters and designs for this film, whose credits list him as Key Animator and Organizer. Seiichiro Uno wrote original music for the film. It was released on 18 July 1971 in Japan. Other releases followed, including: The story is about a little boy who is the descendant of the leader of the thieves who met their fate in the 1001 Nights. He joins forces with a mouse and 38 cats to form"
"the secret hideout of Abu Hassan and its magic spells to open it. He also gets some gold and jewelry from there, which he distributes amongst villagers for diverting some water to their parched land. Ali Baba’s greedy brother Qasim lures Ali Baba into telling him where the cave is and what the magic spells are. Out of greed, Qasim takes so much gold jewelry and coin, as a result of which, he forgets the spell to reopen the door and gets stuck inside. When the dacoits find him they kill him. Ali Baba then informs the Khazi about Abu"
"Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1941 film) Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (read as ""Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum""; ""Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves""), was a 1941 Indian Tamil-language comedy film in that starred N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Madhuram and M. R. Swaminathan in the lead roles. It was the first Tamil adaptation of the story ""Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"". The story of Alibaba is one of the tales that Queen Scheherazade related to the brutal king Shahryar every night in order to save her own life. Translated in English by Sir Richard Burton, the ""Arabian Nights"" became popular all over the"
"a chunk is chipped out of the stone step at Ali Baba's front door. Again Morgiana foils the plan by making similar chips in all the other doorsteps, and the second thief is killed for his failure as well. At last, the leader of the thieves goes and looks for himself. This time, he memorizes every detail he can of the exterior of Ali Baba's house. The chief of the thieves pretends to be an oil merchant in need of Ali Baba's hospitality, bringing with him mules loaded with thirty-eight oil jars. Only one jar is filled with oil, with"
"world. ""Alibaba and the 40 Thieves"" and ""Aladdin and the Magic Lamp"" are the most famous ones. Both have been translated into most languages of the world, and have found stage and screen adaptations in many languages. ""Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum"" was the first Tamil adaptation of ""Alibaba and the Forty Thieves"". In 1941, N.S. Krishnan made his first full-length feature film ""Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum"", in which he played the lead role of Ali Baba. He roped in a leading Kannada stage and film actor, K. Hiranaiah, to star in the film. NSK made the film for Pakshiraja Films, a company"
"magical spell it opens and when he says another spell it closes. When news reaches them that his father has gone missing, Ali Baba goes in his search and not only finds his father, but also rescues princess Marjeena (Hema Malini) from the guards of the king who murdered her father to become king. Both Marjeena and Ali Baba fall in love with each other. Then they are attacked, Marjeena is taken captive, and his father is killed. After burying his father, Ali Baba finds out that Marjeena is being sold in the slave market, he borrows money from Qasim,"
"she reveals it to Alibaba. Now both of them secretly burns all the barrels. Angered Chotu captures Marjiana and runs away. Alibaba follows him, they reach the cave where Alibaba stamps out Chotu. At last, Alibaba brings the entire villagers to the cave and ask them to share the entire treasure. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Alibaba & Marjiana. Music composed by Ghantasala. Music released by Audio Company. Ali Baba 40 Dongalu Ali Baba 40 Dongalu (English: Ali Baba 40 Thieves) is a 1970 Telugu swashbuckling adventure fantasy film, produced by N. Ramabrahmam"
"from the forest, while Alibaba is cutting wood he observes the head of the thieves chanting some words and the cave door opens, they enter. After some time, they come out and he again chants some words then the door closes. Alibaba enters the cave where he notices a lot of jewelry, diamonds, and gold. He silently collects the treasure and comes back. Now Alibaba becomes the richest person of Baghdad. Kasim Khan feels jealous about his brother’s wealth. So, he traps his brother and knows the secret of treasure. Kasim Khan reaches the cave, flabbergasted on seeing that much"
"the clown as that of wolf #1. The clown tells the children the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves that's an allegory of the heist they just pulled off. Wolf #4 starts laughing uncontrollably as the bemused sheriff and detective look on. How the story unfolds from there, is left to the imagination of the viewer. Day of the Wolves was unusual for a television film of the time since at least some of the perpetrators are seen to escape capture at the end of the film, including the caper's mastermind. The Television Code of Practices was at"