Escape from Sahara 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.
Escape from Sahara (1958)
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
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Algeria, Andrej Andrejew, Berlin, Cuxhaven, France, Fritz Lippmann, Helmut Nentwig, North Africa, Tangier, Tempelhof Studios, West Germany
Alternate Titles
Deserción
ES
Escape from Sahara
, US
Floges sto Algeri
GR
Flugten fra Fremmedlegionen
DK
Flukten fra fremmedlegionen
NO
Flykten från Algeriet
SE
Het verkochte leven
BE
I legionari
IT
Legionäre
DE
Madalena e o legionário
PT
Madeleine e o Legionário
BR
Madeleine et le légionnaire
BE, FR
Madeleine und der Fremdenlegionär
DE
Madeleine und der Legionär
, DE
Madlena i legionar
YU
Magdalena i legionista
PL
Pako muukalaislegioonasta
FI
Verkauftes Leben
DE