The Tower of Silence (film)

The Tower of Silence
Directed by Johannes Guter
Produced by Erich Pommer
Written by Curt Johannes Braun
Starring Xenia Desni
Nigel Barrie
Fritz Delius
Avrom Morewski
Cinematography Günther Rittau
Production
company
Release dates
  • 1924 (1924)
Running time
100 minutes
Country Weimar Republic
Language German

The Tower of Silence (German: Der Turm des Schweigens) is a 1924 German mystic melodrama directed by Johannes Guter and starring Xenia Desni and Nigel Barrie. The Tower of Silence is a silent film, and one of the few films by Guter to survive. In 2007 it became the director's first film to be restored for modern audiences.[1]

Plot

The Tower of Silence centres around Eva (Xenia Desni), a beautiful woman kept in a high tower by her grieving widowed father. When an attractive explorer, Arved (Nigel Barrie), is saved by Eva after crashing his car near the tower, he introduces her into high society. When Arved, who was previously believed to be dead, discovers that he has lost his fiancee to ex-partner and aviator Wilfred, he must decide whether to reveal a secret that will destroy his old friend.

Cast

References

  1. "The Tower of Silence". moma.org. Retrieved 16 January 2013.

External links

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