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Caravan of Death (1920)

Caravan of Death (German: Die Todeskarawane) is a 1920 silent German film, it was an adaptation of the latter half of the Karl May novel From Baghdad to Stamboul, and is now considered to be lost.
The film featured Bela Lugosi playing an Arab Sheik pitted against European travellers in an adventure story set in the Sahara. It was the second of three films released by Ustad based on desert adventure novels by Karl May. Although Karl May’s widow praised the film, critics were unimpressed and it was a commercial failure.

Release: 1920-11-16
Cast
Carl de Vogt
Carl de Vogt
Kara Ben Nemsi
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Meinhart Maur
Hadschi Halef Omar
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Erwin Baron
Omram
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Gustav Kirchberg
Hassan Ardschir Mirza
Dora Gerson
Dora Gerson
Dschana Ardschir Mirza
Cläre Lotto
Cläre Lotto
Benda Ardschir Mirza
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Maximilian Werrak
Tschaschefsky
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Karl Kuszar
Kepek
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Erna Felsneck
Amina
Anna von Palen
Anna von Palen
Marah Durimeh
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Beate Herwigh
Hafsa
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi
Scheik
Arthur Kraußneck
Arthur Kraußneck
Tschaschefsky