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Caravan of Death

Caravan of Death

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 16, 1920

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Die Todeskarawane

Director

Josef Stein

Description

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.