A THROW OF DICE (1929) Seeta Devi, Himanshu Rai & Charu Roy | Adventure, Drama | B&W| Timeless Film

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A Throw of Dice (Prapancha Pash) is a 1929 silent film by German-born director Franz Osten, based on an episode from the Indian epic Mahabharata.

Synopsis

The movie is about two kings vying for the love of a hermit's daughter, the beautiful Sunita. The two kings, Ranjit and Sohan, share a passion for gambling and decide to play a game of craps to determine who will marry her. Sunita wishes to marry Ranjit. Ranjit loses the game to the nefarious Sohan and as a forfeit becomes his slave. Sunita soon uncovers the truth about Sohan's evil deeds and to escape punishment he hurls himself off a cliff into the rapids below. Ranjit and Sunita are reunited and married.

Cast& Crew

Seeta Devi as Sunita
Himansu Rai as Sohan
Charu Roy as Ranjit
Modhu Bose
Sarada Gupta as The Hermit
Lala Bijoykishen
Tincory Chakrabarty

Directed by: Franz Osten
Written by:
W.A. Burton
Max Jungk
Niranjan Pal (story)

Produced by:
Nadine Luque
Tim Pearce
Himansu Rai
Bruce Wolfe

Cinematography: Emil Schünemann
Music by:

Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Nitin Sawhney (2006)
Distributed by:

(International) Fandango
(U.K.) BFI (British Film Institute)
UFA
Release Date: 16 August 1929
Running Time: 74 minutes

Countries:

Germany
British India
United Kingdom