Stars Over Colombo

Stars Over Colombo — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 17, 1953
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Adventure
• Director
• Veit Harlan

Stars Over Colombo — Cast

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