这是一部充满冒险与浪漫的神话故事，片中阿拉伯式的热情异国的服饰与豪华的礼宴、神奇的魔毯，带领观众进入这部人性两面的奇幻世界

　　The film was a great success, De Sica and Lia Franca became stars and the song Parlami d'amore Mariù was a hit. Rarelly in Italian film history, it was filmed on real Milan locations, nowadays it is a sort of documentary how was Milan in the 30s. The film was remade in 1953 by Glauco Pellegrini.