Escape from Sahara (1958)

Original title

Madeleine und der Legionär

Directed by

Wolfgang Staudte

Genre

war film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German woman gets caught up in the Algerian War when she becomes involved with a French Foreign Legion soldier. The film follows their struggle to escape the desert and the political turmoil surrounding them.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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