In Baghdad the Magnificent reigns Haroun al Plassid, who is the Caliph. There also dwells Iznogoud, who wants to be the Caliph. The irascible Grand Vizier hatches plot after plot to remove his ruler and take his place—melting Djinn, invisibility spell, cursed diamond, voodoo doll… But no amount of cunning or obstinacy can make up for sheer, hilariously bad luck.
Acting
Michaël Youn's unhinged physical comedy as Iznogoud.
Practical Effects
Garish production design that commits to the bit.
Costume
Iznogoud's iconic curled-toe slippers and scheming eyebrows.
Director
Patrick Braoudé
Michaël Youn
Iznogoud
Jacques Villeret
Haroun El Poussah
Fred Jaspart
Le prince sortilège
Franck Dubosc
Le chambellan du Calife
Arno Chevrier
Dilat Laraht
Elsa Pataky
Prehti-Ouhman
Ariel Wizman
Un prince
Olivier Baroux
le génie Ouz
Kad Merad
le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé
Bernard Farcy
le sultan Pullmankar le Sanguinaire
Rufus
le conseiller du calife
Magloire Delcros-Varaud
l'eunuque en chef
Juliette Poissonnier
Plassahssiz
Maurice Lamy
un conseiller de Pullmankar
Élie Semoun
un prince
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a beloved 1960s Franco-Belgian comic by René Goscinny (Asterix co-creator), whose satirical edge this film mostly sanded off.
Star Jacques Villeret died months before release; this was his final film. The premiere became an unintended memorial.
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