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[[File:Seeta-devi-first-bollywood kiss.JPG|200px|thumbnail|right|Seeta Devi and Charu Roy kissing each other]]
[[File:Seeta-devi-first-bollywood kiss.JPG|200px|thumbnail|right|Seeta Devi and Charu Roy kissing each other]]
''A Throw of Dice'', the third Indian film by [[Franz Osten]] is considered by many{{Who|date=June 2011}} his greatest achievement. The silent film was shot in black and white on 35mm film. It contains thousands of cast members and animals, including 10,000 extras, 1,000 horses and scores of elephants and tigers. The film was shot on location in [[Rajasthan]].<ref name=ny>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/movies/homevideo/15dvds.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ‘A Throw of Dice’ and Summer Serials] ''[[The New York Times]]'', 15 July 2008.</ref>
''A Throw of Dice'', the third Indian film by [[Franz Osten]] is considered by many{{Who|date=June 2011}} his greatest achievement. The silent film was shot in black and white on 35mm film. It contains thousands of cast members and animals, including 10,000 extras, 1,000 horses and scores of elephants and tigers. The film was shot on location in [[Rajasthan]].<ref name=ny>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/movies/homevideo/15dvds.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ‘A Throw of Dice’ and Summer Serials] ''[[The New York Times]]'', 15 July 2008.</ref>
Osten made 19 films in India between 1926 and 1939, and ''A Throw of Dice'' formed the final part of a trilogy of Indo-German productions by Osten and Indian actor-producer [[Himanshu Rai]], the other two being ''[[Prem Sanyas]]'' (1925) and ''[[Shiraz]]'' (1928). After a gap, Osten returned to India, and worked on [[Bombay Talkies]] with Rai. During the production of ''Kangan'' (''The Bangle'') in 1939, Osten, a member of the [[Nazi]] Party, was arrested by British colonial officials, and was incarcerated until the end of the [[Second World War]].<ref name=ny/>
Osten made 19 films in India between 1926 and 1939, and ''A Throw of Dice'' formed the final part of a trilogy of Indo-German productions by Osten and Indian actor-producer [[Himanshu Rai]], the other two being ''[[Prem Sanyas]]'' (1925) and ''[[Shiraz (film)|Shiraz]]'' (1928). After a gap, Osten returned to India, and worked on [[Bombay Talkies]] with Rai. During the production of ''Kangan'' (''The Bangle'') in 1939, Osten, a member of the [[Nazi]] Party, was arrested by British colonial officials, and was incarcerated until the end of the [[Second World War]].<ref name=ny/>


==Restoration and re-release==
==Restoration and re-release==
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