Escape to the Foreign Legion (1929)

Original title

Flucht in die Fremdenlegion

Directed by

Louis Ralph

Genre

silent film

Country

Germany

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man flees his past by joining the Foreign Legion in North Africa. He faces the reality of harsh military life and unfamiliar surroundings.

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What happens

Escape to the Foreign Legion (German: Flucht in die Fremdenlegion) is a 1929 German silent film directed and co-written by Louis Ralph and starring Hans Stüwe, Alexander Murski, and Eva von Berne. Location shooting took place in Ceuta (Spain) in the time of Spanish Morocco. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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