Across the Desert () 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.Bergfelder pp. 180–181 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.
Cast Fred Raupach as Kara Ben Nemsi Heinz Evelt as Hadschi Halef Omar Erich Haußmann as Abu Seif Gretl Wawra as Hanneh Aruth Wartan as Scheik Malek Katharina Berger as Senitza Herbert Gernot as Abu Seif's butler Franz Klebusch as Plaza men Bertold Reissig as Abu Seif's friend
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