The Indian Tomb

1959

1h 41m

Drama

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8 Reviews

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500+ Ratings

A beautiful temple dancer goes against her maharajah's wishes when she flees the palace with her lover.

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John DeFore

Hollywood Reporter

Introducing more characters and developing the first picture's political intrigues, it's a more conventionally engaging tale with a dash of censor-baiting sexuality as its centerpiece.

Sep 26, 2019

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

European exceptionalism is the rule here, with whites being unquestionably good and Indians with European blood or with European educations blatantly portrayed as more civilized.

Sep 27, 2019

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Perhaps Lang's most open-aired use of color, and wonderful, late-period entertainment.

Feb 24, 2012

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

If subterranean lepers appear in part one, there will be leper mayhem before part two is over.

Rated: 4/4

Aug 26, 2009

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Exciting, exotic and imaginative epic.

Rated: A-

Dec 17, 2008

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

It isn't nearly so precisely made as its predecessor, although more happens.

Rated: 8/10

May 25, 2008

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Tony S

The continuation of the Tiger of Eschnapur, that is far more disappointing, than you would expect. The couple gets separated in the very beginning and doesn't reunite until the end. Which is exactly what happened in the first film before they escape. It's hard to find this not annoying since the plot now revolves around Berger's brother attempt to find out what is going on. A completely pointless and uninteresting task for the audience's viewing, since they know everything that has happened before Rhode's figure it out. There is no hilariously derpy tiger puppet in part 2. You only get the fakest snake ever put into a colored film. Speaking of snakes. The main attraction is the Paget's snake dance. An incredibly erotic scene. Completely blowing out of the water anything preceding this in terms of skimpy outfits. These movies had a sentimental value to Lang, since his first wife wrote the story. But it's not something I'd recommend from a vast filmography of this great director.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/30/21

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andrey k

Superb production as a whole, that is two parts combined. The underground scenes are magnificent - I've never seen such a spellbinding use of color. Marvelous movie set in India, full of action, secrets, mystery and beauty. Lang is great no matter with what subject or in what time period he works.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

The decision to cut this story into two films has done it no favours.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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I liked the sequel a tiny bit better than its predecessor "The Tiger of Eschnapur" because it has a hotter dance number and it does a better job with its story and characters. Like the first film it is very colorful with glittering royal Indian clothing and you can't have India without snakes. There are even lepers who look like zombies! Sure, both films have foreseeable events but they are still fun to watch. The acting is acceptable but the characters are really card-board cut outs with the exception of Chandra who you could argue has some sort of depth as the film ends. Some of the misconceptions I found amusing were of Shiva being a female, Seetha worships a gigantic statue with huge breasts; also of Akbar the Great being referred with the Mongols instead of the Mughal empire. One thing I didn't like was during the sensual dance sequence a fake snake accompanies Seetha, and in one shot you can see it is leaning on a wire! Being an Indian myself I am fascinated by films that show India, unfortunately the two Lang films didn't live up to my expectations. The images from the two movies make it look very promising.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

The conclusion of the story that began with the Tiger of Eschnapur is still rather moribund and repeats some of the plot elements from the first film (another rather erotic dance is featured). But this is meant to echo the serial films of ye olde days and such repetition was a staple (I'm being nice). One highlight for Fritz Lang afficionados is the use of tunnels and passageways into which the actors are thrown, not knowing which way to choose or which door to open (the lady or the tiger?). Such are the vagaries of fate. To recap, this adventure story takes place in Indian using German actors in greasepaint and my copy was badly dubbed in addition to being woodenly acted. Yet, some of those early serials (the less famous ones) feature similar traits...

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

Debra Paget's dance number deserved a much better snake.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Fritz Lang

Director

Debra Paget

The Indian Tomb

Paul Hubschmid

Harald Berger

Walter Reyer

Maharadjaj Chandra

Claus Holm

Dr. Walter Rhodes

Sabine Bethmann

Irene Rhodes

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Synopsis

A beautiful temple dancer goes against her maharajah's wishes when she flees the palace with her lover.

Director: Fritz Lang
Genre: Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 26, 2019
Runtime: 1h 41m

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