later. The film was reissued in 1967 at the height of Andrews' subsequent Hollywood career. The film came out on VHS in the mid-1980s and on DVD in 2005. Released in the U.S. at the same time as the animated Italian feature I Fratelli Dinamite, and inspired by The Arabian Nights, the story concerns a beautiful princess, a poor-but-honest hero, an evil sultan, and a slave of the lamp. Reviewers in 1949 were taken by director Anton Gino Domeghini's clever choice of camera angles and by Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli's musical score. References External links https://www.cinematografo.it/cinedatabase/film/la-rosa-di-bagdad/5216/ http://www.fantasticinema.com/la-rosa-di-bagdad/ Films set in Baghdad Italian animated films Films based on One Thousand and One Nights Films set in the Middle East Italian independent films 1949 animated films 1949 films Fictional caliphs 1940s Italian films