The Indian Tomb (1959 film)
| The Indian Tomb | |
|---|---|
 German film poster | |
| Directed by | Fritz Lang |
| Screenplay by | Thea von Harbou Fritz Lang Werner Jörg Lüddecke |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner |
| Starring | Debra Paget Paul Hubschmid Walter Reyer Claus Holm Valéry Inkijinoff Sabine Bethmann |
| Cinematography | Richard Angst |
| Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
| Music by | Gerhard Becker Michel Michelet |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date | 1959 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | West Germany France Italy[1][2][3] |
| Language | German |
The Indian Tomb aka. Journey to the Lost City, or in original German, Das indische Grabmal, is a 1959 German-French-Italian adventure drama film directed by Fritz Lang.
It is the second of two films comprising what has come to be known as Fritz Lang's Indian Epic; the other is The Tiger of Eschnapur (Der Tiger von Eschnapur). The film was based on the novel Das indische Grabmal, written by Lang's ex-wife, Thea von Harbou, who had died in 1954. In 1960 American International Pictures obtained the rights to both films and combined them into one film called Journey to the Lost City.
In popular culture
The indoor hall of the Greek multisport club Panathinaikos has been given the nickname "Indian's Tomb", or "Tafos tou Indou" as pronounced in Greek.
Reception
At its initial release, especially German film critics were negative about The Indian Tomb. Die Welt even wrote: "Here lies Fritz Lang, once creator of important films like Metropolis and M. The 'Indian tomb' is his own." [grave as a filmmaker][4] In contrast to those opinions, the contemporary American film critics are positive about the film.[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Indian Tomb". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Das indische Grabmal". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Das indische Grabmal". Filmportal.de. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Der deutsche Film der fünfziger Jahre, Heyne Filmbibliothek, 1987, page 170.
- ^ "The Indian Tomb" at Rotten Tomatoes
External links
- The Indian Tomb at IMDb
- A Clip on YouTube from The Indian Tomb (Debra Paget dancing with a cobra)
- "Come On, Baby, Be My Tiger" - article about the several versions of the film
- Artur-Brauner-Archive at the Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt (German), containing the production files for this movie
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- 1959 films
- 1950s adventure films
- 1950s romantic drama films
- German adventure films
- West German films
- French films
- Italian films
- German-language films
- Films based on works by Thea von Harbou
- Films directed by Fritz Lang
- Films set in India
- American International Pictures films
- Screenplays by Fritz Lang
- German film remakes
- Adventure film stubs