Alibaba And 40 Thieves
00:00:00In a Persian city, there lived a carpet merchant with two sons: Kasim and Alibaba. After their father's death, Kasim took over the business while fooling Alibaba. One day, while gathering wood in the forest, Alibaba witnessed a gang of thieves entering a cave hidden behind a boulder using the phrase 'Open Sesame'. The thieves left their sacks inside and disappeared on horseback.
Gold Coins
00:02:30The Discovery of the Cave Alibaba enters a cave filled with piles of gold, silver, precious utensils, diamonds, and rubies. He fills a bag with coins without being noticed by the thieves.
Revealing the Treasure to Alibaba's Wife "Look what I've got," Alibaba shows his wife the sack full of gold coins. She is astonished and questions if he stole them. They decide to count the coins using a weighing scale borrowed from Ali Baba's brother-in-law.
Deception by Kasim's Wife Ali Baba's wife asks for a weighing scale from her brother-in-law under false pretenses. Kasim's cunning wife suspects something and secretly places wax below it.
Open Sesame
00:04:42Envy and Curiosity Kasim becomes envious of Ali Baba's wealth and learns about the thieves' cave. He plans to go there himself.
"Open Sesame" 'Open Sesame' is the code word to open the cave door. Kasim enters, collects gold and gems, but forgets the password when trying to leave.
Trapped in Greed Kasim gets locked inside as he tries different passwords. The thieves return, find him, kill him without question.
Ali Baba's Discovery Kasim's wife informs Ali Baba about his disappearance. Ali Baba goes to find Kasim at the cave where he discovers his body.
Story
00:07:43Ali Baba's brother, Kasim, dies and they decide to hide the reason of his death. Ali Baba takes in Morgiana as a maid. Thieves suspect Ali Baba knows their secret and plan to kill him but get confused by Morgiana's clever trick.