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Escape from Sahara

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Escape from Sahara
Directed byWolfgang Staudte
Written byEmil Burri
Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Johannes Mario Simmel
Produced byOtto Meissner
Peter Schaeffers
Aldo von Pinelli
StarringHildegard Knef
Bernhard Wicki
Hannes Messemer
CinematographyVáclav Vích
Edited byMartha Dübber
Music bySiegfried Franz
Production
company
Melodie Film
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 21 January 1958 (1958-01-21)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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

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A French teacher assists a German serving in the French Foreign Legion who has deserted.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Broadbent & Hake p.123
  2. ^ Biess p.93

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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