The Light of Asia

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The Light of Asia is a 1925 silent film adaptation of Edwin Arnold’s poem about the life of the Buddha, co-directed by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai and notable as an early Indo-European cinematic collaboration.

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The Light of Asia canonical 2
Life of the Buddha 1
Light of Asia 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf silent film ⓘ
alternateTitle Prem Sanyas ⓘ
basedOn The Light of Asia ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor Edwin Arnold ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Josef Wirsching ⓘ
coProductionBetween Indian filmmakers and German filmmakers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
India ⓘ
director Franz Osten ⓘ
Himansu Rai ⓘ
distributor UFA ⓘ
filmingLocation India ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
historical film ⓘ
religious film ⓘ
hasOriginalIntertitlesLanguage English ⓘ
language silent ⓘ
notableFor early Indo-European cinematic collaboration ⓘ
one of the earliest international co-productions involving Indian cinema ⓘ
portrays life of the Buddha ⓘ
producer Himansu Rai ⓘ
productionCompany Great Eastern Film Corporation ⓘ
publicationYear 1925 ⓘ
releaseYear 1925 ⓘ
settingPeriod ancient India ⓘ
soundFilm false ⓘ
subject Gautama Buddha ⓘ
linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha
titleLanguageOfAlternateTitle Hindi ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niranjan Pal → notableWork → The Light of Asia ⓘ
The Light of Asia → basedOn → The Light of Asia ⓘ
Himanshu Rai → notableWork → Light of Asia ⓘ
linked to: The Light of Asia
Seokbosangjeol → mainSubject → Life of the Buddha ⓘ
linked to: The Light of Asia