Caravan of Death (1920)
November 16, 1920Release Date
Plot.
Caravan of Death (German: Die Todeskarawane) is a 1920 silent German film, it was an adaptation of the latter half of the Karl May novel From Baghdad to Stamboul, and is now considered to be lost.
The film featured Bela Lugosi playing an Arab Sheik pitted against European travellers in an adventure story set in the Sahara. It was the second of three films released by Ustad based on desert adventure novels by Karl May. Although Karl May’s widow praised the film, critics were unimpressed and it was a commercial failure.
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Cast & Crew.
Carl de Vogt
Kara Ben Nemsi
Meinhart Maur
Hadschi Halef Omar
Erwin Baron
Omram / Writer
Gustav Kirchberg
Hassan Ardschir Mirza
Dora Gerson
Dschana Ardschir Mirza
Cläre Lotto
Benda Ardschir Mirza
Maximilian Werrak
Tschaschefsky
Karl Kuszar
Kepek
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lost film
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Caravan of Death (German: Die Todeskarawane) is a 1920 silent German film directed by Josef Stein and featuring Carl de Vogt as Kara Ben Nemsi. The film was an adaptation of the latter half of the Karl May novel From Baghdad to Stamboul, and is now considered to be lost.It was a sequel to Stein's earlier 1920 film On the Brink of Paradise. Béla Lugosi played a supporting role as a sheik. Erwin Baron, who wrote the screenplay, also played Omram in the film.
Orientzyklus (Ustad-Film) Collection.
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