Drama ·Science Fiction · Germany · 1925 · 1h 34m

The Tower of Silence

Der Turm des Schweigens

Director

Cast

Xenia Desni as Eva Nigel Barrie as Arved Holl Hanna Ralph as Liane Fritz Delius as Wilfred Durian Avrom Morewski as Eldor Vartalun Gustav Oberg as Ceel

Crew

Günther Rittau — Director of Photography Curt J. Braun — Writer Erich Pommer — Producer

Synopsis

Eva lives in the sinister Tower with her father, a mad inventor, and her grandfather. The aviator Wilfred Durian and his lovely wife live nearby in the town. But Durian's famous flight across the Australian desert was not all it seems... and when his 'dead' partner Arved Holl is rescued by Eva and comes to claim his former fiancée's hand, the whole house of cards is about to come tumbling down. Meanwhile, Eva's own family history is not quite as she had always believed...

Mood & Themes

inventor aviator

Key Collaborators

Johannes Guter Director Günther Rittau Director of Photography Curt J. Braun Writer Erich Pommer Producer

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