Caravan of Death (1920)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1920-11-16
Director: Josef Stein
Top Cast
- Carl de Vogt as Kara Ben Nemsi
- Meinhart Maur as Hadschi Halef Omar
- Erwin Baron as Omram
- Gustav Kirchberg as Hassan Ardschir Mirza
- Dora Gerson as Dschana Ardschir Mirza
- Cläre Lotto as Benda Ardschir Mirza
- Maximilian Werrak as Tschaschefsky
- Karl Kuszar as Kepek
- Erna Felsneck as Amina
- Anna von Palen as Marah Durimeh
Soundtrack
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