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Caravan of Death 1920 Directed by Josef Stein Die Todeskarawane

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.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language No Language
Gnere Drama
Release Date 16 November 1920
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Carl de Vogt Kara Ben Nemsi
Meinhart Maur Hadschi Halef Omar
Gustav Kirchberg Hassan Ardschir Mirza
Dora Gerson Dschana Ardschir Mirza
Cläre Lotto Benda Ardschir Mirza
Maximilian Werrak Tschaschefsky
Anna von Palen Marah Durimeh
Bela Lugosi Scheik
Arthur Kraußneck Tschaschefsky
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