The Tower of Silence (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

External links

• The Tower of Silence at IMDb
• The Tower of Silence at AllMovie