Across the Desert (German: Durch die Wüste) is a 1936 German adventure film directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-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.
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| Directed by | Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla |
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| Produced by | Lothar Stark |
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| Music by | Gottfried Huppertz |
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| Distributed by | NDLS |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot on location in Egypt, and at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.
Cast edit
- 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 edit
- ^ Bergfelder p. 180–181
Bibliography edit
- Bergfelder, Tim (2005). International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-539-2.
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