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Dir: Franz Osten

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Franz Osten

A hunter provides meat for a monastery in the mountains and finds romance as well.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Der Klosterjäger perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Franz Osten

A romantic crime thriller. Kamala elopes on her wedding day with her childhood friend Ratanlal. Her father Manganlal chases the couple and catches them on a train. His furious exchanges with Ratanlal are interrupted by gunfire and in the mysterious gloom of the evening a body is thrown off the train. The suspects are Ratanlal, who cannot furnish an alibi, Kamala, who insists on being the murderess, ex-convict Sukhdev, who confesses to the murder claiming robbery to be the motive, and the lunatic Tarachand, who also admits his guilt.

Dir: Franz Osten

An Austrian farmhand betrays a nationalist rebel to the invading Napoleonic troops,in exchange for money he can use to become a landowner.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Jawani Ki Hawa perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Franz Osten

An "untouchable" girl and a Brahmin boy fall in love, but the strict caste system and the gossip of the villagers threaten to keep them apart.

Dir: Franz Osten

Two neighboring Indian kingdoms are ruled by cousins - King Ranjit and King Sohat. Unbeknownst to Ranjit, Sohat is plotting to seize control of his kingdom.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Judas of Tyrol perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Franz Osten

This adaptation of Arnold's 1861 Orientalist epic opens with documentary shots of tourists in Bombay watching street performers. Then a white-bearded old man sitting under the bodhi tree tells the tourists the story of Gautama (Rai), son of King Suddodhana (Ukil) and Queen Maya (Bala), who left his consort Gopa (Seeta) and became a wandering teacher credited with founding Buddhism. The religious epic, with its idealized figures, takes up the narrative in flashback and ends with Gopa kneeling before Gautama asking to become his disciple.

Dir: Franz Osten

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Achhut Kanya perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Franz Osten

Lata (Devika Rani), daughter of a dancing girl, is brought up by social worker Mathuradas (Prasad) and is engaged to marry the rich Ranjit (Ashok Kumar) when the villain Chand (S.N. Tripathi) arrives to blackmail her with her undisclosed ancestry. Lata is forced to disclose the truth to Ranjit and the assembled wedding guests. Ranjit disowns her but they are reunited when Ranjit, blinded by an explosion, is nursed back to health by a devoted woman who turns out to be his wife.

Dir: Franz Osten

After another successful performance at the Teatro Real, opera singer Carlo Baloni decides to spend the evening at a cabaret. The beautiful Giuseppa, with her amazing voice, appears on stage.