Escape from Sahara
1958 film
- 21 January 1958 (1958-01-21)
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Escape from Sahara (German: Madeleine und der Legionär) is a 1958 West German adventure drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Hildegard Knef, Bernhard Wicki and Hannes Messemer.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with location shooting taking place in Cuxhaven and in Tangier in North Africa. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew, Fritz Lippmann and Helmut Nentwig. It was part of an upsurge of popular interest in West Germany about France's War in Algeria, particularly Germans serving there.[2]
Synopsis
A French teacher assists a German serving in the French Foreign Legion who has deserted.
Cast
- Hildegard Knef as Madeleine Durand
- Bernhard Wicki as Luigi Locatelli
- Hannes Messemer as Robert Altmann
- Helmut Schmid as Kilby, Pat
- Joachim Hansen as Kurt Gerber
- Harry Meyen as Jean de Maire
- Leonard Steckel as Ben Achmed
- Werner Peters as Brouillard
- Siegfried Lowitz as Kapitän Gerlach
- Hanita Hallan as Miss. Price
- Manfred Heidmann as Perrier
- Friedrich Gnaß as Germanini
- Ursula Diestel as Lucienne Germanini
References
Bibliography
- Biess, Frank. German Angst: Fear and Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany. Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Broadbent, Philip & Hake, Sabine. Berlin Divided City, 1945-1989. Berghahn Books, 2010.
External links
- Escape from Sahara at IMDb
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Films directed by Wolfgang Staudte
- Bravo Acrobat! (1943)
- The Murderers Are Among Us (1946)
- The Adventures of Fridolin (1948)
- Rotation (1949)
- Second Hand Destiny (1949)
- The Staircase (1950)
- Poison in the Zoo (1952)
- Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck (1953)
- Leuchtfeuer (1954)
- Rose Bernd (1957)
- The Muzzle (1958)
- Escape from Sahara (1958)
- Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
- The Fair (1960)
- The Last Witness (1960)
- The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)
- Destination Death (1964)
- Gentlemen in White Vests (1970)
- Jailbreak in Hamburg (1971)
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