From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Towers of Silence
Directed by Hans Bertram
Written by
  • Hans Bertram
  • Walter Ulbrich
Produced by Jochen Genzow
Starring
Cinematography Werner Krien
Edited by Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
Music by Herbert Trantow
Production
company
Allegro-Film
Distributed byHerzog-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 1 October 1952 (1952-10-01)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

Towers of Silence ( German: Türme des Schweigens) is a 1952 West German adventure film directed by Hans Bertram and starring Philip Dorn, Gisela Uhlen, and Carl Raddatz. [1] It was shot on location in Amsterdam, Damascus and Palmyra. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin.

Synopsis

In Syria the Dutch pilot Captain de Vries meets Helen Morrison, the wife of an archaeologist. When she leaves behind some jewellery he flies from Damascus to Palmyra to return it to her, and discovers her husband is attempting to find an ancient tomb in the hopes of getting rich from it. A more ruthless rival Richard Poolmans is on the track of the lost treasure too.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 491.

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN  978-1-57181-655-9.

External links