''Caravan of Death'' (german: Die Todeskarawane) is a 1920 silent German film directed by

Josef Stein Josef Stein (2 February 1876 – 16 June 1937) was an Austrian film director and producer. He contributed to more than thirty films from 1917 to 1937. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stein, Josef 1876 b ...

and featuring

Carl de Vogt Carl de Vogt (14 September 1885 – 16 February 1970) was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded sev ...

Kara Ben Nemsi Kara Ben Nemsi is a fictional main character from the works of Karl May, best-selling 19th century German author. An alter ego of May, the stories about Nemsi are written as first-person narratives. He travels across North Africa, Sudan, and the ...

. The film was an adaptation of the latter half of the

Karl May Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his 19th century novels of fictitious travels and adventures, set in the American Old West with Winnetou and Old Shatterhand as main pro ...

novel ''From Baghdad to Stamboul'', and is now considered to be

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. It was a sequel to Stein's earlier 1920 film ''

On the Brink of Paradise ''On the Brink of Paradise'' (german: Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses/ transl: ''On the Ruins of Paradise'') is a 1920 German 90-minute film directed by Josef Stein and featuring Carl de Vogt in the title role of Kara Ben Nemsi. Béla Lugosi wa ...

''.

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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

as Kara Ben Nemsi *

Meinhart Maur Meinhart Maur ( hu, Grünbaum Menyhért, 18 August 1891 – 27 November 1964) was a Hungarian-German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1919 and 1954. He was born in Hajdúnánás, Hungary and died in London, England. Select ...

Hadschi Halef Omar Hadschi Halef Omar Ben Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn Hadschi Dawud al Gossarah, literally ''hajji'' Halef Omar, son of ''hajji'' father-of-Abbas, son of ''hajji'' David al Gossarah, is one of Karl May's literary characters. ''Hajji'' means "one who has p ...

/ Saduk * Erwin Baron as Omram * Gustav Kirchberg as Hassan Ardschir Mirza *

Dora Gerson Dora Gerson (born Dorothea Gerson; 23 March 1899 – 14 February 1943) was a German cabaret singer and stage and motion picture actress of the silent film era who was murdered with her family at Auschwitz concentration camp. Life and career Born ...

as Dschana Ardschir Mirza *

Cläre Lotto Cläre Lotto (23 September 1893 – 23 August 1952) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 41 films between 1916 and 1933. She married German film actor Carl de Vogt, with whom she had a son with, Karl Franz de Vogt (born ...

as Benda Ardschir Mirza * Maximilian Werrak as Tschaschefsky * Karl Kuszar Puffy as Kepek * Erna Felsneck as Amina *

Anna von Palen Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 122 ...

as Marah Durimeh * Beate Herwigh as Hafsa *

as Scheik *

Arthur Kraußneck Arthur Kraußneck (born Arthur Carl Gustav Müller; 1856–1941) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * '' The Doomed'' (1924) * '' My Leopold'' (1924) * '' Chronicles of the Gray Ho ...

as Tschaschefsky

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* 1920 films 1920 adventure films 1920 lost films German adventure films Films of the Weimar Republic Films based on the Orient Cycle Films set in the 19th century German silent feature films German black-and-white films Lost German films Lost adventure films Silent adventure films 1920s German films {{silent-adventure-film-stub

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