Indian
Epic (1958):
Fritz
Lang’s Indian epic, AKA ‘The Tiger of Eschnapur”
and “The Indian Tomb” (AKA “Journey to the Lost
City”), is an adventure drama from the 50’s with some
very naughty ideas. Our heroin, the lovely temple dancer Seetha
(Debra Paget), can’t seem to decide on a man. The german dude
is wooing her, but the Prince himself wants her for her amazing
boom-boom dance abilities. While she’s busy deciding, the
Prince’s former confidant mounts (huh huh, I said ‘mounts’)
an attack and snags the girl, carrying her off to who-knows-where.
Once they get there (where? nobody knows), our fat Sultan wanna-be
tells his men “Fight for her; the winner can have her.”
She already looks roughed up before the victor even gets his hands
on her, dragging her off to a tent where his boss laughs and watches
what MIGHT have happened next if the Prince hadn’t come to
the rescue in the following scene. The dude even gets a second shot
at it at the end of the epic and still can’t pull it off (though,
again, given the state of her Seetha’s torn clothes, he sure
tried hard – or so we’re led to believe).
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