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Shiraz

1928118 minIndiaUnited KingdomGermany
Drama

Synopsis

Shiraz grows up beside Selima after she is rescued from an ambush. When she is kidnapped and sold to Prince Khurram, he follows her to Agra, where his devotion becomes entangled with danger, royal ambition and a future monument.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
105:48
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Franz Osten · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

DirectorsFranz Osten

Inspirations

Niranjan Pal's play supplies a fictional origin story for the Taj Mahal. The Indian, British and German coproduction should be approached as historical romance rather than a factual biography of the monument's patrons.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

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  • Himanshu Rai — Unknown author Unknown author; FilmIndia June 1940, page 15 · Public domain
  • Charu Roy — Anonymous Unknown author; https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/movies/homevideo/15dvds.html?_r=1&oref=slogin · Public domain
  • Seeta Devi — Anonymous Unknown author; http://www.im-export.net/downloads/06b_Die_Leuchte_Asiens_Franz_Osten.jpg · Public domain

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