Osten's film, which features more than 10,000 extras and 1,000 horses, is as excessive and beautiful as any scene from Antony and Cleopatra or Ben-Hur.
Osten's film, which features more than 10,000 extras and 1,000 horses, is as excessive and beautiful as any scene from Antony and Cleopatra or Ben-Hur.
Extravagantly romantic, with a stirring score by Nitin Sawhney.
Entrancing as it is exotic, silent classic A Throw Of Dice (1929) plays like a fairytale for adults.
This silent Indian melodrama offers proof positive that America didn’t have the monopoly on epic cinema in the ‘20s.
A treat for Indian movie buffs and lovers of silent melodrama alike.
