Caravan of Death (1920)
Overview
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.
Cast
Carl de Vogt
Kara Ben Nemsi
Dora Gerson
Dschana Ardschir Mirza
Cläre Lotto
Benda Ardschir Mirza
Anna von Palen
Marah Durimeh
Bela Lugosi
Scheik
Arthur Kraußneck
Tschaschefsky
