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Directed by | Josef Stein |
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Cinematography | Josif Rona |
Production company | Ustad-Film |
Distributed by | Filmhaus Bruckmann and Co. [2] |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | Silent |
On the Brink of Paradise ( German: Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses/ transl: On the Ruins of Paradise [3]) is a 1920 German 90-minute film directed by Josef Stein and featuring Carl de Vogt in the title role of Kara Ben Nemsi. [4] Béla Lugosi was thought to have appeared in a supporting uncredited role, but this is disputed. [5] [6]
The film was an adaptation of part of the 1892 Karl May novel Von Bagdad nach Stambul [4] and is now considered to be lost. This film was followed by a sequel Caravan of Death (1920), which went on to adapt the latter part of the same Karl May novel (Bela Lugosi did co-star in the sequel, playing a shiek). [7]
Kara ben Nemsi and his servant Halef Omar come across a group of Persians headed to Baghdad, led by Prince Hassan Ardžir-Mírza. The Persians are attacked by their enemies, the Kurds. Prince Hassan discovers there is a traitor among his people. Kara ben Nemsi offers to help guard the caravan on its journey to Baghdad.