The Tiger of Eschnapur | |
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Directed by | Fritz Lang |
Screenplay by | Fritz Lang Werner Jörg Lüddecke Thea von Harbou |
Based on | Das indische Grabmal by Thea von Harbou |
Produced by | Artur Brauner |
Starring | Debra Paget Paul Hubschmid Walter Reyer |
Cinematography | Richard Angst |
Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
Music by | Michel Michelet |
Distributed by | Fantoma Omnia-Film Polyband GmbH |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Countries | West Germany France Italy[1][2][3] |
Language | German |
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). 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.