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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Fritz Lang |
| Stars: |
Debra Paget |
| Actors: |
Luciana Paluzzi |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Classic · Fantasy · German |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
014381956528 |
| Release Date: |
1959 |
| Running Time: |
3hr 21min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 3hr 21min
Release Company: Image Entertainment, Inc. (February 11, 2003)
UPC: 014381956528 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Thea von Harbou |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Fritz Lang double-feature, including: <br> <br> THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR marked Fritz Lang's triumphant return to Germany after decades of exile in Hollywood, as well as a return to old-fashioned serial-influenced filmmaking. Fritz Lang created a sumptuous and exotic tale of danger and intrigue that harkens back to his own films of the 1920s and stands as a powerful legacy of contemporary action adventure films as well. Filmed on location in Germany and India, THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR presents a two-part spectacle relaying the intricate saga of Harold Berger, an architect who becomes smitten with Seetha, a beautiful temple dancer while on an assignment in mysterious India. Though she returns his love, she is forbidden to leave the palace, and the two must make a daring escape, raising the ire of the Maharaja. Filled with erotic rituals, dank dungeons, tigers, monsters, and Orientalism, THE TIGER OF BENGAL is a rich and romantic pageant, filmed in ecstatic colors and encompassing Lang's lifelong motifs of er... |
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