''The Secret of Bombay'' (german: Das Geheimnis von Bombay) is a 1921

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silent adventure film directed by Artur Holz and starring

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and '' The Man Who Laug ...

, Lil Dagover and

Hermann Böttcher Hermann Gotthilf Ferdinand Boettcher (12 November 1866 – 7 May 1935) was a German stage and film actor.Hardt p.223 Selected filmography * '' The Man of Action'' (1919) * '' The Swabian Maiden'' (1919) * '' Madame Récamier'' (1920) * '' The Big ...

. It was shot at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...

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. It premiered at the

Marmorhaus The Marmorhaus (English: Marble House) is a former cinema located on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. Opened in 1913, it takes its name from a large marble façade. Designed by the architect Hugo Pál, the walls of the foyer and auditorium were de ...

on 6 January 1921.Grange p. 81

Cast

as Dichter Tossi * Lil Dagover as Die Tänzerin Farnese *

as Lord Pombroke *

Bernhard Goetzke Bernhard Goetzke (5 June 1884 – 7 October 1964) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''The P ...

as Indischer Abenteurer *

Anton Edthofer Anton Franz Edthofer (18 September 1883 – 21 February 1971) was an Austrian actor. Partial filmography * '' The Sacrifice'' (1918) * ''Freier Dienst'' (1918) - Landovsky * ''Maria Magdalena'' (1919) * '' The Eyes of the World'' (1920) - Heinz ...

as Schiffsarzt Vittorio * Karl Römer as Teehausbesitzer *

Alfred Abel Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang' ...

* Lewis Brody * Nien Soen Ling * Gustav Oberg

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. * Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German adventure films Films directed by Artur Holz Films set in India German black-and-white films Films produced by Erich Pommer 1921 adventure films Silent adventure films 1920s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1920s German-language films {{adventure-film-stub