| The Indian Tomb | |
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| Directed by | Fritz Lang |
| Screenplay by | Thea von Harbou Fritz Lang Werner Jörg Lüddecke |
| Based on | Das indische Grabmal by Thea von Harbou |
| 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 |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | West Germany France Italy[1][2][3] |
| Language | German |
The Indian Tomb (German: Das indische Grabmal) is a 1959 adventure film, co-written and directed by Fritz Lang. Produced by Artur Brauner, it is an international co-production of West Germany, France and Italy. It is the second film, after The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959), that comprise "Fritz Lang's Indian Epic" duology, which are based on the 1918 novel Das indische Grabmal, written by Lang's ex-wife Thea von Harbou.
The Indian Tomb stars Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walter Reyer, Claus Holm, Valéry Inkijinoff, and Sabine Bethmann. Interiors were shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Helmut Nentwig and Willy Schatz.
In 1960 American International Pictures obtained the rights to both films in "Fritz Lang's Indian Epic", combining them into one heavily edited, 90-minute-long feature named Journey to the Lost City which earned domestic gross of $500,000.[4] After both were dubbed into Spanish, they were shown as separate films, when in fact the second was a direct continuation of the first.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Indian Tomb". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Das indische Grabmal". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Das indische Grabmal". Filmportal.de. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "How foreign product scored in US". Variety. 26 April 1961. p. 170.