Copyright dated in 1958, but not reaching the British Board of Film Censors until 27 March 1962 when it received certificate "A." Distributors Gala decided to change the sex of the title creature and the film went out as Tigress of Bengal. Had a two week run at London's Gala Royal from 26 April 1964 and shared the bill with Perseo l'invincibile (1963). Both films shared a small joint review in The Times on 2 April 1964.
In the french-dubbed version, known as "Le tigre du Bengale" - released in July 1959, Debra Paget is dubbed by Michèle Montel, Paul Hubschmid by Michel Roux, Walter Reyer by Jean-Claude Michel, Claus Holm by Daniel Clérice, Sabine Bethmann by Nadine Alari, Rene Deltgen by Yves Brainville and Jochen Blume by Roger Rudel.
In two scenes, one early and one late in the film, it's clear to see where the elephants and camels relieved themselves during previous and/or rehearsal takes. No attempt was made to cover the obvious urine stains.
The film was shot on location in India with a predominantly German cast. Fritz Lang was able to get permission from the Maharana of Udaipur to shoot at many locations that were normally barred to Western film crews. One of these was the floating Lake Palace seen much later in Octopussy (1983). Interiors were shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Helmut Nentwig and Willy Schatz.
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) is the first of two films comprising what has come to be known as Fritz Lang's Indian Epic; the other is The Indian Tomb (1959) (Das Indische Grabmal). Fritz Lang returned to Germany to direct these films, which together tell the story of a German architect, the Indian maharajah for whom he is supposed to build schools and hospitals, and the Eurasian dancer who comes between them.