Across the Desert (1936)
February 20, 1936Release Date
Plot.
Set in the Ottoman Empire during the Nineteenth century, the film portrays a series of oriental adventures of the two travellers Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar.
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Cast & Crew.
Fred Raupach
Karl May - genannt Kara Ben Nemsi
Gretl Wawra
Hanneh
Heinz Evelt
Hadschi Halef Omar
Erich Haußmann
Abu Seif
Aruth Wartan
Scheich Malek
J.A. Hübler-Kahla
Director
Katarina Berger
Senitza
Karl May
Writer
Details.
Release DateFebruary 20, 1936
Original NameDurch die Wüste
StatusReleased
Filming LocationsEgypt
Genres
Wiki.
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. 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.