Caravan of Death (1920 film)

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]

Caravan of Death
Directed byJosef Stein
Written by
Produced byMarie Luise Droop
Starring
Cinematography
  • Gustave Preiss
  • Otto Stein
Distributed byFilmhaus Bruckmann & Co.
Release date
  • 16 November 1920 (1920-11-16)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryWeimar Republic
LanguageSilent

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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