Caravan of Death (1920 film) explained

Caravan of Death
Director:Josef Stein
Producer:Marie Luise Droop
Distributor:Filmhaus Bruckmann & Co.
Runtime:92 minutes
Country:Weimar Republic

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.[1]

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.[2]

Plot

Kara Ben Nemsi and his servant Haji Halef Omar join a group of Mohammedans on a pilgrimage to bury their dead. When a plague erupts, the two men become infected. Weakened by the disease, they must protect the caravan from traps set by the group's Kurdish enemies on their way to the holy site.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Die Todeskarawane . Film Portal . 26 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Němé mayovky - Filmy | Karl May - Mayovky na Internetu .