Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1902 (First ever adapted film from - "One Thousand and One Nights.")
"Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs" (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. Wikipedia
Initial release: 1902
Director: Ferdinand Zecca
Running time: 9 minutes
Producer: Charles Pathé
Cinematography: Segundo de Chomón
Screenplay: Ferdinand Zecca
Adapted from: One Thousand and One Nights