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The Prisoner of the Maharaja (1954)

The Prisoner of the Maharaja poster
Original title
Die Gefangene des Maharadscha
Directed by
Veit Harlan
Genre
adventure film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
12
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is taken captive by a powerful Indian ruler. Her husband and a British officer team up to rescue her.

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What happens

The Prisoner of the Maharaja (German: Die Gefangene des Maharadscha) is a 1954 West German adventure film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Willy Birgel, and Adrian Hoven. It is a sequel to the 1953 film Stars Over Colombo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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