Kismet: Turkish, from Arabic qismah, Fate. In a single magical day, in eleventh century Baghdad, a beggar-poet rises from poverty to become emir, defeats an evil vizier, saves and kingdom and helps two lovers come together. It could be luck... the result of masterful plotting... or it could be Kismet. The legendary Marlene Dietrich stars in this film that tells the story of the love between the daughter of a beggar and Baghdad's young caliph, a despotic vizier, and of the wazir's wife's lust for the wily poet.