The Tower of Silence (film)

1925 film

The Tower of Silence

Directed by	Johannes Guter
Written by	Curt Johannes Braun
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Xenia Desni Nigel Barrie Fritz Delius Avrom Morewski
Cinematography	Günther Rittau
Production company	Universum Film AG
Release date	29 January 1925 (1925-01-29)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Weimar Republic
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Tower of Silence (German: Der Turm des Schweigens) is a 1925 German mystic melodrama directed by Johannes Guter and starring Xenia Desni and Nigel Barrie. The Tower of Silence is a silent film, and one of the few films by Guter to survive. In 2007, it became the director's first film to be restored for modern audiences.

Plot

The Tower of Silence centres around Eva (Xenia Desni), a beautiful woman kept in a high tower by her grieving widowed father. When an attractive explorer, Arved (Nigel Barrie), is saved by Eva after crashing his car near the tower, he introduces her into high society. When Arved, who was previously believed to be dead, discovers that he has lost his fiancée to ex-partner and aviator Wilfred, he must decide whether to reveal a secret that will destroy his old friend.

Cast

Xenia Desni as Eva
Nigel Barrie as Arved Holl
Fritz Delius as Wilfred Durian
Avrom Morewski (Abraham Morewski) as Eldor Vartalun
Gustav Oberg as Ceel
Hanna Ralph as Liane
Hermann Leffler as Mac Farland
Philipp Manning as Werner Neuwitt
Jenny Jugo as Evi

References

"The Tower of Silence" (PDF). moma.org. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

External links

The Tower of Silence at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Johannes Guter
The Diamond Foundation (1917) The Ghost Hunt (1918) Comrades (1919) Eternal River (1920) The Woman in Heaven (1920) The Tophar Mummy (1920) The Thirteen of Steel (1921) The Black Panther (1921) Circus of Life (1921) Murders in the Greenstreet (1921) The Call of Destiny (1922) Lust for Life (1922) Barmaid (1922) Princess Suwarin (1923) Leap Into Life (1924) Express Train of Love (1925) The Tower of Silence (1925) The Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins (1925) The Boxer's Bride (1926) Two Under the Stars (1927) Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927) Grand Hotel (1927) At Ruedesheimer Castle There Is a Lime Tree (1928) Because I Love You (1928) The Blue Mouse (1928) Foolish Happiness (1929) Her Dark Secret (1929) Once You Give Away Your Heart (1929) The Wrong Husband (1931) The Triangle of Fire (1932) Miss Liselott (1934) Twelve Minutes After Midnight (1939)

Films directed by Johannes Guter

The Diamond Foundation (1917)
The Ghost Hunt (1918)
Comrades (1919)
Eternal River (1920)
The Woman in Heaven (1920)
The Tophar Mummy (1920)
The Thirteen of Steel (1921)
The Black Panther (1921)
Circus of Life (1921)
Murders in the Greenstreet (1921)
The Call of Destiny (1922)
Lust for Life (1922)
Barmaid (1922)
Princess Suwarin (1923)
Leap Into Life (1924)
Express Train of Love (1925)
The Tower of Silence (1925)
The Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins (1925)
The Boxer's Bride (1926)
Two Under the Stars (1927)
Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927)
Grand Hotel (1927)
At Ruedesheimer Castle There Is a Lime Tree (1928)
Because I Love You (1928)
The Blue Mouse (1928)
Foolish Happiness (1929)
Her Dark Secret (1929)
Once You Give Away Your Heart (1929)
The Wrong Husband (1931)
The Triangle of Fire (1932)
Miss Liselott (1934)
Twelve Minutes After Midnight (1939)

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