The Indian Tomb (1959 film)
The Indian Tomb is a 1959 adventure film, co-written and directed by Fritz Lang. Produced by Artur Brauner, it is an international co-production of West Germany, France and Italy. It is the second film, after The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959), that comprise "Fritz Lang's Indian Epic" duology, which are based on the 1918 novel Das indische Grabmal, written by Lang's ex-wife Thea von Harbou.
German theatrical release poster
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang, better known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States. One of the best-known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. He has been cited as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.
Lang in 1969
Lang and Thea von Harbou in their Berlin flat, 1923 or 1924
Lang with Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford on the set of Human Desire
Grave of Lang, at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills