Across the Desert
| Across the Desert | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Production company |
Lothar Stark-Film |
| Distributed by | NDLS |
Release dates | 20 February 1936 |
Running time | 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.
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.