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A lavish silent super-production comprising 10,000 extras, a thousand horses and scores of elephants, A THROW OF DICE is the climax of German film pioneer Franz Osten's richly cinematic sojourn in India. In this "fairy tale for adults" (BBC) inspired by the ancient Sanskrit epic poem THE MAHABHARATA, royal cousins and rulers of adjoining kingdoms King Sohat (producer/star Himansu Rai) and King Rajit (Charu Roy) share a reckless passion for gambling, the perilous jungle tiger hunt and the beautiful maiden Sunita (Seeta Devi). After a tiger nearly claims Rajit's life, Sunita nurses the handsome young king back to health and becomes his bride. Knowing that the only thing stronger than love in Rajit's heart is a compulsive fascination with games of chance, jealous Sohat challenges his cousin to a winner-take-all contest where the stakes are freedom, marriage and life itself. "Lovingly restored" (The Guardian UK) by the British Film Institute to a level of ravishing spectacle and splendor unseen since its debut in 1929, this "immaculately dressed and beautifully shot" (Times of London) masterpiece of the late silent period is complemented by a "stirring" (Guardian) and "brilliantly evocative new score" (BBC) composed by Nitin Sawhney.
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Cast & Crew
- Lala Bijoykishen - Raghunaths Sohn Beerbal
- Modhu Bose - Kirkbar
- Tincory Chakrabarty - Kanzler Raghunath
- Seeta Devi - Sunita
- Sarada Gupta - Kanwa
- Himanshu Rai - King Sohat
- Charu Roy - King Ranjit
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Lavish spectacle; timeless love story; beautiful score mixing classical and contemporary movie music tropes.