A Thousand and One Nights

The sailor Sinbad sets out on a voyage during which he experiences incredible adventures, discovers exotic lands, and must overcome various dangers time and again. But because he is a kind and skilled sailor, the sea always comes to his aid. After sailing for so many days and nights that he can no longer count them, the crew’s supplies and strength are dwindling, and both hope and land are lost out of sight, fortune smiles upon Sinbad. One night, a large fish gets caught in his net and speaks to him in a human voice. It promises him that if he lets it go, it will reward him richly. 

A Thousand and One Nights was originally created as seven short films, which were later combined into a feature-length version unified by the magical atmosphere of the Orient and Karel Zeman’s visual poetics.