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Escape from Sahara

7.519581h 41mMovieAdventureDrama

Three Foreign Legionnaires - Luigi, Pat and Kurt - desert during the Algerian war because they have had enough of the inhumane war machine. But their comrade Robert intercepts them and decides to have them court-martialed. On their way to…

DirectorWolfgang Staudte
WritersEmil Burri·Johannes Mario Simmel
ProducersPeter Schaeffers·Aldo von Pinelli

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Cast · Directed by Wolfgang Staudte

HKHildegard Knef
Hildegard Knef
Madeleine Durand
BWBernhard Wicki
Bernhard Wicki
Luigi Locatelli
HMHannes Messemer
Hannes Messemer
Robert Altmann
HSHelmut Schmid
Helmut Schmid
Pat Kilby
JHJoachim Hansen
Joachim Hansen
Kurt Gerber
HMHarry Meyen
Harry Meyen
Jean de Maire
WPWerner Peters
Werner Peters
Brouillard
SLSiegfried Lowitz
Siegfried Lowitz
Kapitän Gerlach
UD
Ursula Diestel
Lucienne Germanini
FMFriedrich Maurer
Friedrich Maurer
LSLeonard Steckel
Leonard Steckel
HHHanita Hallan
Hanita Hallan

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