| Prem Sanyas (The Light of Asia) | |
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.jpg) Seeta Devi and Himanshu Rai in the film | |
| Directed by | Franz Osten Himansu Rai |
| Written by | Edwin Arnold (story) Niranjan Pal (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Great Eastern Film Corporation Münchner Lichtspielkunst AG |
| Starring | Seeta Devi Himansu Rai Sarada Ukil |
| Cinematography | Willi Kiermeier and Josef Wirsching. |
| Music by | Hansheinrich Dransmann |
| Distributed by | Münchner Lichtspielkunst AG Great Eastern Film Corporation |
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Running time | 97 min |
| Countries | Weimar Republic India |
Prem Sanyas (The Light of Asia) (Die Leuchte Asiens in German) is a 1925 silent film, directed by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai. It was adapted from the book, The Light of Asia (1879) in verse, by Edwin Arnold, based on the life of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who founded Buddhism by becoming the Buddha or the "Enlightened one".