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Across the Desert

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Across the Desert
Directed byJohann Alexander Hübler-Kahla
Written by
Produced byLothar Stark
Starring
Cinematography
Music byGottfried Huppertz
Production
company
Distributed byNDLS
Release date
  • 20 February 1936 (1936-02-20)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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 travellers Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar.

It was shot on location in Egypt, and at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bergfelder pp. 180–181

Bibliography

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  • 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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