Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her alive, so he sends the Yogi Ramigani to England to look for Herbert Rowland, an architect; but when he orders him to build a tomb, Rowland refuses.
Olaf Fønss
as Herbert Rowland
Mia May
as Irene Amundsen, Rowland's Fiancée
Conrad Veidt
as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
Erna Morena
as Princess Savitri
Bernhard Goetzke
as Yogi Ramigani
Lya De Putti
as Mirrjha, Savitri's Servant
Paul Richter
as Mac Allan, English Officer
Karl Platen
as Rowland's Servant
Hermann Picha
as Professor Leyden, an Orientalist
Wilhelm Diegelmann
as Captain
Georg John
as Penitent
Louis Brody
as Black Servant
