Stars Over Colombo (1953)
1h 40m
Running Time
November 17, 1953Release Date
Stars Over Colombo (1953)
1h 40m
Running Time
November 17, 1953Release Date
Plot.
Adventure film in an exotic setting based on the “Indian Tomb”: While visiting a circus in Germany, the Indian maharajah Gowan sees the rider Yrida, who comes from Swedish nobility. The maharajah falls in love with the circus rider and quickly sends the entire circus to Ceylon, where he courts Yrida. But Yrida loves someone else: the student Gowaran, who she does not know is the maharajah's son. In order to get Yrida completely under his control, the maharaja has her drugged and abducted to his castle in India.
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Cast & Crew.

Kristina Söderbaum
Yrida

Willy Birgel
Maharadscha von Jailapur Gowan

Adrian Hoven
Gowaran

René Deltgen
Lakamba

Rudolf Vogel
Yogi

Karl Martell
Dari

Rolf von Nauckhoff
Pahana

Hermann Schomberg
Götz sen.

Theodor Loos
Der heilige Mann

Paul Busch
Michael Götz

Rolf Wanka
Staatsanwalt

Gilbert Houcke
Ambo

Otto Gebühr
Dr. Kuroma

Herbert Hübner
Zirkusdirektor

Veit Harlan
Director / Writer

Walter Boos
Editor
Details.
Release DateNovember 17, 1953
Original NameSterne über Colombo
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Genres
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Wiki.
Stars Over Colombo (German: Sterne über Colombo) is a 1953 West German adventure film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Willy Birgel and Adrian Hoven. It was made in two parts, with a sequel The Prisoner of the Maharaja released in early 1954.
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location shooting took place in Hamburg and Ceylon.
Die blonde Frau des Maharadscha Filmreihe.
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