The film consist of 6 scenes introduced by intertitles and composed of one to five shots, for a total of 18 shots. '''Scene 1: Aladdin's dream.''' Aladdin is asleep and dreams of a princess. His mother wakes him up and he walks out.
Scene 2: Aladdin meets the princess. Aladdin sees the princess passing in front of his house on horse back with her escort. A sorcerer promises him that he will be able to marry the princess if he follows his instructions.
Scene 3: In search of the lamp. The sorcerer leads Aladdin to an underground palace with a garden with silver apples and a golden lamp. He brings back one apple and the lamp. When the sorcerer tries to take the lamp from him, he resists and the sorcerer leaves after walling in the exit. Aladdin rubs the lamp and a genie appears who frees him. Back at home, another genie brings him riches and turns his house into a palace.
Scene 4: Aladdin wins the hand of the princess. Aladdin is brought to the throne room of the palace of the sultan to whom he brings many presents. The sultan gives him his daughter's hand and Aladdin brings the princess to his palace.
Scene 5: The magician steals the lamp. The sorcerer enters Aladdin's palace at night. He takes the lamp and rubs it, making a genie appear. With his help he abducts the princess and steals the lamp.
Scene 6: Triumph of Aladdin - Apotheosis. Aladdin, back to his original poverty, comes out of his house, desperate. An old woman asks for alms. He gives her the silver apple he had taken in the enchanted garden. The old woman turns into a fairy who restore Aladdin's wealth. Inside Aladdin's palace, the magician is trying to overpower the princess. Aladdin comes running in and stabs him to death. The sultan enters with men at arms and embraces his daughter while Aladdin kisses his hand. With the help of various genies, Aladdin organises a great celebration. Richard Abel details in particular some of the tricks used: " In the opening tableau, for instance, Aladdin's desire is represented in an unusual dream image: while he sleeps in the foreground, a globular-edged frame fades in (as if attached, like a plaque) over the background wall, within which his double lifts a bedside curtain in order to pledge his love to the reclining princess." In the scene where a green giant appears, "an off screen platform in the foreground produces the illusion of his size." The film has also been noted as characteristic of Pathé's "interest of revelation of space as such, which is (...) marked by the panning across sets in
Au Pays Noir and
Aladdin where the camera follows a character past a long backdrop." Richard Abel notes that Capellani not only uses pans but also multiple shot scenes "that trace Aladdin's movements through adjacent spaces", an early example of
continuity editing. ==Cast==