The Indian Tomb (1938 film)

The Indian Tomb
Film poster
Directed by	Richard Eichberg
Screenplay by	Richard Eichberg (writer) Hans Klaehr (writer) Arthur Pohl (writer)
Based on	Das indische Grabmal by Thea von Harbou
Produced by	Richard Eichberg (producer) Herbert Engelsing (line producer)
Cinematography	Ewald Daub W. Meyer-Bergelt Hans Schneeberger Hugo O. Schulze
Edited by	Willy Zeyn
Music by	Harald Böhmelt
Release date	1938
Running time	94 minutes 100 minutes (Germany)
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Indian Tomb (German: Das indische Grabmal) is a 1938 German adventure film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Philip Dorn, La Jana and Theo Lingen. It is the sequel to Eichberg's The Tiger of Eschnapur.

Plot

The sequel to the film The Tiger of Eschnapur shows the hunt for Sitha and Sascha around the world disguised as the Maharaja's journey with Irene Traven and Prince Ramigani, while Fürbringer, Emil Sperling and his wife Lotte Sperling work on the Maharaja's construction projects in India. In Bombay, Ramigani manages to track down Sitha in a second-rate variety show. Before that, however, Sitha can contact Irene Traven. Before the two can speak to each other, Sitha is kidnapped by Prince Ramigani. While the Maharaja travels to Eschnapur with his entourage and shows Irene his country, Ramigani and other nobles of the country forge a revolt with the aim of Ramigani himself becoming the Maharaja. Sitha is taken to a remote mountain castle, but Sitha's servant Myrrha manages to smuggle Irene into the heavily guarded mountain castle for a talk with Sitha. When Irene asks the Maharaja for mercy for Sitha, the latter refuses. While planning to kill Chandra during a festival, Ramigani has Irene Traven and Fürbringer captured. Disguised as an Indian, Emil Sperling escapes capture and frees Fürbringer and Irene with the help of Sascha Demidoff. For the festival, Ramigani forces Sitha to dance. When she approaches the Maharaja in her dance and warns of the attack by Ramigani, she is shot. The revolt that breaks out is also suppressed and Ramigani dies fleeing his just punishment. The Maharaja now asks advocates to stay to complete the tomb of Sitha.

Cast

• Philip Dorn as Maharadscha von Eschnapur
• Kitty Jantzen as Irene Traven
• La Jana as Indira, eine indische Tänzerin
• Theo Lingen as Emil Sperling
• Hans Stüwe as Peter Fürbringer, Architekt
• Alexander Golling as Prinz Ramigani, Vetter des Maharadscha
• Gustav Diessl as Sascha Demidoff, Ingenieur
• Gisela Schlüter as Lotte Sperling
• Karl Haubenreißer as Gopal, Würdenträger in Eschnapur
• Olaf Bach as Sadhu, Radscha eines Bergvolkes
• Rosa Jung as Myrrha, Vertraute der Maharani
• Albert Hörrmann as Ragupati, im Dienste Ramiganis
• Gerhard Bienert as Ratani, Werkmeister
• Valy Arnheim as Wachmann Ramura
• Carl Auen as Indischer Nobiler
• Rudolf Essek as Hotelgast in Bombay
• Jutta Jol as Indische dienerin bei irene traven
• Fred Goebel as Indischer Ingenieur
• Klaus Pohl as Inder, der beim Fest nach den Gewehren fragt
• Paul Rehkopf as Indischer Nobiler
• Gerhard Dammann
• Josef Peterhans as Indischer Nobiler

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Das indische Grabmal at IMDb
• Das indische Grabmal is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive