Sunday, June 1, 2014

A Throw of Dice (1929)


Directed by Franz Osten
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Kino)

An Indian king plans to assassinate a rival while hunting tigers in the jungle. He is shot by an arrow and taken to a nearby doctor. He survives, and falls in love with the doctor's daughter. The day of their wedding he loses his kingdom to the same king in a fixed dice game. He becomes a slave and his fiance given away to the rival. However, when the fixed dice are discovered, the people of his kingdom race to save him and demand justice. A simple tale, simply told, shot on location in India.

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