Caravan of Death (1920 film)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox film/short description Caravan of Death (Template:Langx) 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.

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.

Cast

• Carl de Vogt as Kara Ben Nemsi
• Meinhart Maur as Hadschi Halef Omar / Saduk
• 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 Puffy as Kepek
• Erna Felsneck as Amina
• Anna von Palen as Marah Durimeh
• Beate Herwigh as Hafsa
• Béla Lugosi as a Sheik (uncredited)
• Arthur Kraußneck as Tschaschefsky

External links

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