Iranian center makes animation based on “The Thousand and One Nights”

TEHRAN,Aug.26(MNA) -- Iran’s Saba Animation Center has made an 85-minute animation based on one of the stories of “The Thousand and One Nights”. Entitled “The Gem of the Seven Seas”, the animation was directed by Abbas Mohebbi. “The soundtrack of the film is now being recorded in an equipped studio in the Netherlands,” Mohebbi told . He also said that a group of professional artists and experts has made significant contributions to the animation in various stages of production. The animation, which is about the struggle between good and evil, targets young adults. The story is about a beautiful island made of emeralds, which is ruled by a stupid dictator. The ruler had been put under the spell of an evil force years ago and a young boy embarks upon a voyage to fetch ‘the gem of the seven seas’ to break the spell. “The Thousand and One Nights” is a collection of oriental stories of uncertain date and authorship whose tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad the Sailor have almost become part of Western folklore.