Towers of Silence (German: Türme des Schweigens) is a 1952 West German adventure film directed by Hans Bertram and starring Philip Dorn, Gisela Uhlen, and Carl Raddatz.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin.
In Syria the Dutch pilot Captain de Vries meets Helen Morrison, the wife of an archaeologist.
When she leaves behind some jewellery he flies from Damascus to Palmyra to return it to her, and discovers her husband is attempting to find an ancient tomb in the hopes of getting rich from it.
A more ruthless rival, Richard Poolmans, is on the track of the lost treasure too.