Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs (English: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves) is a 1902 French short silent film directed by Ferdinand Zecca, inspired by the eponymous folk tale added to the One Thousand and One Nights in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard it from the Maronite storyteller Hanna Diyab.

[1] The film is composed of seven scenes introduced by intertitles: While gathering wood in the forest, Ali Baba, accompanied by his donkey, surprises a gang of thieves carrying their loot.

He pleads for his life, revealing that Ali Baba had given him the magic spell but the chief cuts off his head.

Ali Baba and his wife pose with pretty girls in front of a lavishly decorated backdrop.

[3] The film was distributed in several countries in addition to France, notably Germany, Brasil, Mexico, USA and Colombia.