Across the Desert
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Across the Desert | |
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Directed by | Johann Alexander Hubler-Kahla |
Produced by | Lothar Stark |
Written by | Karl May (novel) Carl Junghans |
Starring | Fred Raupach Heinz Evelt Erich Haußmann Aruth Wartan |
Music by | Gottfried Huppertz |
Cinematography | Georg Muschner Paul Rischke |
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Distributed by | NDLS |
Release dates
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20 February 1936 |
Running time
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88 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Across the Desert (German:Durch die Wüste) is a 1936 German adventure film directed by Johann Alexander Hubler-Kahla and starring Fred Raupach, Heinz Evelt and Aruth Wartan. It was based on a novel by Karl May. It was the first sound adaptation of a May novel, and the only one to be produced during the Nazi era.[1] Set in the Ottoman Empire during the Nineteenth century, it portrays a series of oriental adventures of the two travellers Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar.
It was shot on location in Egypt, and at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.
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Cast
- Fred Raupach as Kara Ben Nemsi
- Heinz Evelt as Hadschi Halef Omar
- Erich Haußmann as Abu Seif
- Gretl Wawra as Hanneh
- Aruth Wartan as Scheik Malek
- Katharina Berger as Senitza
- Herbert Gernot as Abu Seif's butler
- Franz Klebusch as Plaza men
- Bertold Reissig as Abu Seif's friend
References
- ↑ Bergfelder p.180-81
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berhahn Books, 2005.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Across the Desert at IMDb
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Categories:
- German-language films
- 1936 films
- German films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- German adventure films
- German historical films
- German black-and-white films
- 1930s adventure films
- 1930s historical films
- Films directed by Johann Alexander Hubler-Kahla
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films based on German novels
- Films based on works by Karl May
- Films shot in Egypt
- Films set in deserts
- 1930s German film stubs