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The Foreign Legionnaire (1928)

The Foreign Legionnaire poster
Original title
Der Fremdenlegionär
Directed by
James Bauer
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A foreign legionnaire is stationed in Spanish Morocco. The film follows his experiences of war and loyalty in a harsh landscape.

silent-eraadventurousmelancholicwar-torngrittyatmosphericbittersweet

What happens

The Foreign Legionnaire (German: Fremdenlegionär) is a 1928 German silent adventure film directed by James Bauer and starring Dorothea Wieck, Ferdinand Martini and Therese Giehse. It was made at the Emelka Studios in Munich. Location shooting took place in Spanish Morocco. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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