Le Tigre du Bengale (1938)
Directed by Richard Eichberg

Genre: Drama

Film Synopsis

In her travels across Europe, Sitha meets the adventurer Sascha Demidoff in Paris and falls in love with him.  On returning to her home country, she becomes the Maharani of Eschnapour by marrying Chandra.  But Demidoff cannot give her up and travels to India to find her.  During a tiger hunt, he gains the confidence of the Maharadjah and is invited to the palace, where he meets Sitha.  Having no love for Chandra, the latter decides to flee with her lover...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Richard Eichberg
  • Script: Richard Eichberg, Hans Klaehr, Arthur Pohl, Jean Bommart (dialogue), Thea von Harbou (novel)
  • Photo: Ewald Daub, W. Meyer-Bergelt CAMERA, Hans Schneeberger, Hugo O. Schulze
  • Music: Harald Böhmelt
  • Cast: Alice Field (Sitha, la Maharanee), Max Michel (Le prince Chandra), Roger Karl (Le prince Ramigani), Pola Illéry (Myrrha), Pierre Etchepare (Le docteur Johnson), Roger Duchesne (Pierre Morin), Marc Valbel (Sacha Gregorieff), André Burgère (Fédor Borodine), Harry Frank (Michel Borodine), Ernest Ferny (Sadhu), Claude May (Irène Sorbier), Gaby Basset, Kitty Jantzen, Daniel Mendaille, Guy Sloux, René Ferté
  • Country: Germany / France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 84 min

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