The Desert Song (1939)
Das Lied der Wüste
When the famous singer Grace Collins got off the plane that had flown her a remote place in Northen Africa little did she know she would meet love and adventure there. If she came there, it was to visit Sir Collins, her stepfather. Falling in love was not on the agenda but how could she resist the charm of Nic Brenten, an alluring and idealistic Dutch engineer? Butcan devotion and generosity really compete with the greed of someone like Sir Collins, a cynical financier who wants to dispossess the locals of the copper mine Brenten helps them to develop ?...
- Date of release
- 1939-11-17
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Paul Martin
Casting
- Zarah Leander — Grace Collins
- Gustav Knuth — Nic Brenten, Ingenieur
- Franz Schafheitlin — Finanzier
- Friedrich Domin — Sir Collins
- Gerhard Bienert — Hafenbeamter
- Karl Dannemann — Reitersoldat Tom Taylor
- Hermann Pfeiffer — Reporter
- Herbert Wilk — Captain Frank Stanney
- Ernst Karchow — Oberst Balentine
- Rolf Heydel — Leutnant Scott
- Carl Günther — Kommissar
- Ernst Sattler — Schwedischer Konsul
Interesting facts
The Desert Song is a 1939 German drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Zarah Leander, Friedrich Domin and Gustav Knuth. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte and Karl Vollbrecht.
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