Living Buddhas (German: Lebende Buddhas) is a 1925 German silent film in five chapters, directed by Paul Wegener and starring Wegener, Asta Nielsen and Käthe Haack.
[2] It was co-written by Wegener and Hans Stürm (who also played Professor Campbell in the film).
Wegener cast himself as the evil High Llama of a devil cult.
[3] Professor Campbell and his young wife travel to Tibet on an expedition to investigate a primitive and savage cult.
The professor succeeds in getting the entire party out of Tibet, and even manages to bring with him a sacred document belonging to the cult.