Prem Sanyas
Also known as Die Leuchte Asiens in Germany : [Leuchte Asiens], [The Light of Asia]
(1925) India/Germany
B&W : [?] Nine or Ten? reels / 9437 feet
Directed by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai
Cast: Seeta Devi [Gopa], Himansu Rai [Gautama], Sarada Ukil [King Suddhodhana], Rani Bala [Queen Maya], Prafulla Roy, Modhu Bose, Mrinalini Devi, Sunalini Devi, Ekambi ‘Wilhelm’ Tongo, Baba Bharati, Sunil Blemi, Asoke Bose, Gokul Das, Rauen Dutt, Sushel Ghose, Hansvaraj, Nolini Kumari, Jagat Mathur, Sonit Mitter, Ram Pertab, Charu Pillai, Devi Prosad, Nalini Rajam, Sundar Rajam, Seeta Ram, Haren Sen, Balwant Singh, Madho Singh, Sarada Ukil
Great Eastern Film Corporation [?] and/or Mimansu Rai Group and/or Emelka Film and/or Münchner Lichtspielkunst Aktiengesellschaft? production; distributed by [?] Mimansu Rai Group and/or Münchner Lichtspielkunst Aktiengesellschaft? / Scenario by Niranjan Pal, from a screen story by Edwin Arnold. Art direction by Charu Roy. Set decoration by Devika Rani. Cinematography by Willi Kiermeier and Josef Wirsching. / Released in Germany on 22 October 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Film Arts Guild on 11 May 1928.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [35mm positive (3897)].
Current rights holder: (unknown) [India]; (unknown) [Germany]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 January 2011.
References: Website-Colonial; Website-IMDb.
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