Across the Desert | |
Director: | Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla |
Producer: | Lothar Stark |
Studio: | Lothar Stark-Film |
Runtime: | 88 minutes |
Country: | Germany |
Across the Desert (de|'''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.[1] 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.
It was shot on location in Egypt, and at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.