# The Secret of Bombay

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1921 film

The Secret of Bombay Directed by Artur Holz Written by Paul Beyer Rolf E. Vanloo Produced by Erich Pommer Starring Conrad Veidt Lil Dagover Hermann Böttcher Bernhard Goetzke Cinematography A.O. Weitzenberg Production company Decla-Bioscop Distributed by Decla-Bioscop Release date 6 January 1921 (1921-01-06) Running time 78 minutes Country Germany Languages Silent German intertitles

***The Secret of Bombay*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Das Geheimnis von Bombay***) is a 1921 [German](/source/Cinema_of_Germany) [silent](/source/Silent_film) [adventure film](/source/Adventure_film) directed by [Artur Holz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Artur_Holz&action=edit&redlink=1) and starring [Conrad Veidt](/source/Conrad_Veidt), [Lil Dagover](/source/Lil_Dagover) and [Hermann Böttcher](/source/Hermann_B%C3%B6ttcher). It was shot at the [Babelsberg Studios](/source/Babelsberg_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). It premiered at the [Marmorhaus](/source/Marmorhaus) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin) on 6 January 1921.[1]

## Cast

- [Conrad Veidt](/source/Conrad_Veidt) as Dichter Tossi

- [Lil Dagover](/source/Lil_Dagover) as Die Tänzerin Farnese

- [Hermann Böttcher](/source/Hermann_B%C3%B6ttcher) as Lord Pombroke

- [Bernhard Goetzke](/source/Bernhard_Goetzke) as Indischer Abenteurer

- [Anton Edthofer](/source/Anton_Edthofer) as Schiffsarzt Vittorio

- [Karl Römer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_R%C3%B6mer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Teehausbesitzer

- [Alfred Abel](/source/Alfred_Abel)

- [Lewis Brody](/source/Lewis_Brody)

- [Nien Soen Ling](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nien_Soen_Ling&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Gustav Oberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gustav_Oberg&action=edit&redlink=1)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Grange p. 81

## Bibliography

- Grange, William. *Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic*. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

- Hardt, Ursula. *From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars*. Berghahn Books, 1996.

## External links

- [*The Secret of Bombay*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011220/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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