Film

Stars Over Colombo

1953 · 1h 40m · Adventure

IMDb

4.6

Adventure film in an exotic setting based on the “Indian Tomb”: While visiting a circus in Germany, the Indian maharajah Gowan sees the rider Yrida, who comes from Swedish nobility. The maharajah falls in love with the circus rider and quickly sends the entire circus to Ceylon, where he courts Yrida. But Yrida loves someone else: the student Gowaran, who she does not know is the maharajah's son. In order to get Yrida completely under his control, the maharaja has her drugged and abducted to his castle in India.

Kristina Söderbaum

Yrida

Willy Birgel

Maharadscha von Jailapur Gowan

Adrian Hoven

Gowaran

René Deltgen

Lakamba

Rudolf Vogel

Yogi

Karl Martell

Dari

Rolf von Nauckhoff

Pahana

Theodor Loos

Der heilige Mann

Rolf Wanka

Staatsanwalt

Otto Gebühr

Dr. Kuroma

• Veit HarlanDirector · Writer
• Peter FranckeScreenplay
• Klaus von RautenfeldDirector of Photography
• Georg BruckbauerDirector of Photography
• Franz GrotheOriginal Music Composer
• Walter BoosEditor

Release date

November 17, 1953

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

12

Genres

Adventure