- Source: 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.
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.
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.
Cast
Carl de Vogt as Kara Ben Nemsi
Meinhart Maur as Hadschi Halef Omar / Saduk
Erwin Baron as Omram
Gustav Kirchberg as Hassan Ardschir Mirza
Dora Gerson as Dschana Ardschir Mirza
Cläre Lotto as Benda Ardschir Mirza
Maximilian Werrak as Tschaschefsky
Karl Kuszar Puffy as Kepek
Erna Felsneck as Amina
Anna von Palen as Marah Durimeh
Beate Herwigh as Hafsa
Béla Lugosi as a Sheik (uncredited)
Arthur Kraußneck as Tschaschefsky
See also
Karl May films
Béla Lugosi filmography
References
External links
Caravan of Death at IMDb