Across the Desert

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 travellers Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar.

Across the Desert
Directed by	Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla
Written by	Karl May (novel) Carl Junghans
Produced by	Lothar Stark
Starring	Fred Raupach Heinz Evelt Erich Haußmann Aruth Wartan
Cinematography	Georg Muschner Paul Rischke
Music by	Gottfried Huppertz
Production company	Lothar Stark-Film
Distributed by	NDLS
Release date	20 February 1936 (1936-02-20)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim (2005). International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-539-2.

External links

• Across the Desert at IMDb