Max Jungk
Max Jungk was born on 27 May 1872 in Miskowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Miskovice, Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for A Throw of Dice (1929), Schlagende Wetter (1923) and Das Glück der Frau Beate (1918). He died in July 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now... Read full bio →
Prapancha Pash
Two neighboring kings addicted to gambling, kind Ranjit and his wicked cousin Sohan, vie for the same beautiful woman, Sunita. Ranjit loses his kingdom and his love and becomes Sohan's slave through a crooked game of dice.
Harakiri
The daughter of a daimyo, one forced to commit harakiri to secure her a future to choose her own destiny, falls in love with and marries a European officer. The officer returns to Europe but promises to come back for her and his new child, but when he comes back to Japan, he brings his European wife.