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Taj-Mahal marmoriunelma

Original title: Shiraz
  • 19281928
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
300
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POPULARITY
198,881
74,702
Taj-Mahal marmoriunelma (1928)
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A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima (Enakshi) is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz (Rai). She is abducted and sold as a slave to Prin... Read allA historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima (Enakshi) is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz (Rai). She is abducted and sold as a slave to Prince Khurram, later Emperor Shah Jehan (Roy), who falls for her, to the chagrin of the wily ... Read allA historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima (Enakshi) is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz (Rai). She is abducted and sold as a slave to Prince Khurram, later Emperor Shah Jehan (Roy), who falls for her, to the chagrin of the wily Dalia (Seeta Devi). When Selima is caught with Shiraz, the young man is condemned to be tr... Read all

IMDb RATING
7.0/10
300
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
198,881
74,702
  • Director
    • Franz Osten
  • Writers
    • Niranjan Pal(play)
    • William A. Burton(story)
  • Stars
    • Himanshu Rai
    • Charu Roy
    • Seeta Devi
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  • Director
    • Franz Osten
  • Writers
    • Niranjan Pal(play)
    • William A. Burton(story)
  • Stars
    • Himanshu Rai
    • Charu Roy
    • Seeta Devi
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    • 4User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Enakashi Rama Rao in Taj-Mahal marmoriunelma (1928)
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    Charu Roy in Taj-Mahal marmoriunelma (1928)
    Himanshu Rai in Taj-Mahal marmoriunelma (1928)
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    Himanshu Rai
    • Shiraz
    • (as Himansu Rai)
    Charu Roy
    • Prince Khurram, afterwards the Emperor Shah Jehan
    Seeta Devi
    Seeta Devi
    • Dalia
    Enakashi Rama Rao
    • Selima, afterwards the Empress Mumtaz Mahal
    • (as Enakshi Rama Rau)
    Maya Devi
    • Kulsam
    Profulla Kumar
    • Kasim
    • Director
      • Franz Osten
    • Writers
      • Niranjan Pal(play) (screenplay)
      • William A. Burton(story)
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    • Trivia
      In 2017, the film received a restoration from the original camera negative and a preservation film master by the British Film Institute, with a new music score composed by Anoushka Shankar.
    • Goofs
      When Selima is robbed by the slave traders, Shiraz wrestles with one of them. The other one sneaks up behind him and knocks him down. Shiraz wears a turban. However, when he is knocked down, he suddenly does not wear one.
    • Connections
      Featured in Celluloid Man (2012)

    User reviews4

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    6/10
    The Story Of The Taj Mahal
    The movie begins with a young Indian princess on a caravan across the Persian desert. Raiders strike, and the girl is found and succored by a village potter. After she is grown into Seeta Devi, she is seized and sold to prince Charu Roy. Her adoptive brother Himanshu Rai follows and proclaims her a free woman, which does no good. Roy loves her but cannot make her his Empress because he can only marry a princess, which no one knows she is.

    It's a story of how the Taj Mahal came to be built, and it's given a fairy-tale cast, with some striking visuals. It's directed by Franz Osten, a German who moved to India in 1924 to make movies there until 1939 Eventually he was seized by British authorities -- he had joined the Nazi party in 1936. He was released in 1940 and returned to Germany, where he died in 1956, just shy of his 80th birthday.
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    • Release date
      • October 21, 1929 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • India
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Shiraz
    • Filming locations
      • Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
    • Production companies
      • Pro Patria Films
      • British Instructional Films (BIF)
      • Himansu Rai Film
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $16,467
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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