Das Indische Grabmal (aka The Indian Tomb) (1959)

When the dancer (Debra Paget) he loves runs away with another man (Paul Hubschmid), the Maharajah (Walter Reyer) of Eschnapur is determined to capture them and exact his revenge on them both including building a tomb to bury the woman alive! Meanwhile, his treacherous brother (Rene Deltgen) continues his plans to seize the throne for himself. Directed by Fritz Lang, this is the second half of what is referred to as Fritz Lang's Indian Epic. The movie has more action pieces than the first film, THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR, with treachery, rebellion and perhaps most impressive of all, scantily clad Debra Paget's near legendary snake dance. It's the one thing everyone seems to remember from the film. Quite erotic and daring for 1959, this would never have made it into a Hollywood film of that era. Indeed, when the film was finally shown in U.S. cinemas, it was combined with TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR as one film, retitled JOURNEY TO THE LOST CITY, severely whittled down to 95 minutes and the snake dance edited. A satisfying conclusion to ESCHNAPUR and together, both films make for a grand movie-movie adventure. With Sabine Bethmann and Claus Holm.