Rowland falls sick with leprosy while Mac Allan is captured by the Maharajah, who offers Irene a deal: one night with him in exchange for letting Rowland to be cured. She accepts, but tries to commit suicide.
Production
Massive UFA-built Indian palace sets — pure 1920s excess
Acting
Conrad Veidt's hypnotic villainy before he became cinema's face of evil
Cinematography
Expressionist shadows creeping through faux-exotic architecture
Director
Joe May
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was UFA's most expensive production to date, with 5,000 extras and sets so elaborate they were reused for 1943's Technicolor remake.
Fritz Lang co-wrote the screenplay and would spend decades haunted by this Orientalist fantasy, eventually remaking it himself in 1959 with greater self-awareness.
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