A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief, a dim-witted wazir, and his wife. Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph.
Kismet has generally received mixed reviews.
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Kismet was released in 1955 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 15 reviews, giving Kismet (1955) an average rating of 53%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 65%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 58%.
With a score of 53%, Kismet is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1955, which stands at 59%.
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