The Light of Asia

The life of the Buddha, shot in Jaipur with the maharaja's elephants and court, and the departure from the palace as the scene. Himansu Rai plays Gautama and Seeta Devi his wife, in the first of the German-Indian pictures Rai made with Franz Osten, four years before A Throw of Dice: India as location rather than backdrop. 1925, ninety-seven minutes.