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- Fritz Lang returned to Germany to direct these films, which together tell the story of a German architect, the Indian maharaja for whom he is supposed to build schools and hospitals, and the Eurasian dancer who comes between them.
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Together referred to as Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic, The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb were two installments of what was conceived as a trilogy (hereafter referred to as the Indian Epic).
In the early 1920s, Lang had been slated to make The Indian Tomb, based on a novel by his soon-to-be-wife Thea von Harbou, and had worked on a script with her, when the project was taken away from him by producer/director Joe May. The original film was released in 1921 as a two-part epic. Lang’s own two-part remake was released in 1959.
The Tiger of Eschnapur (German: Der Tiger von Eschnapur) is a 1959 West German-French-Italian adventure film directed by Fritz Lang. [1] It is the first of two films comprising what has come to be known as Fritz Lang's Indian Epic; the other is The Indian Tomb (Das Indische Grabmal).
Oct 17, 2020 · The two parts, The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb, each running at one hour, forty-one minutes, comprise what is generally known as Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic. Architect Harold Berger ( Paul Hubschmid ) is commissioned by the Maharaja Chandra (Walter Reyer ) to build schools and hospitals.
Sep 25, 2019 · After more than twenty years in exile, legendary filmmaker Fritz Lang returned to his native Germany to direct a two-part adventure epic, based on a story he had co-authored nearly four decades...
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Last phase of Lang’s career took him to India for Tiger of Bengal and The Indian Tomb—a project that he and Thea von Harbou had to abandon decades before. He directed his final film in 1960, in Western Germany. The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse featured the evil genius once again—and
The Tiger of Eschnapur: Directed by Fritz Lang. With Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm. In Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer.
