''S.O.S. Sahara'' is a 1938 German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Jacques de Baroncelli Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florence, Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying ...

and starring

Charles Vanel Charles-Marie Vanel (21 August 1892 – 15 April 1989) was a French actor and director. During his 76-year film career, which began in 1912, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock ...

Jean-Pierre Aumont Jean-Pierre Aumont (born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French actor, and holder of the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his World War II military service. Early life Aumont was born Jea ...

and Marta Labarr. The film was made in the French language, produced by the French subsidiary of the German studio

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. It was shot on location in

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. The screenplay was based on a play ''Men Without a Past'' by Jean Martet. Martet's credit was removed from the film during the

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, and he later brought a court case against UFA establishing his rights to the film. It was later remade in 1962 as ''

Station Six-Sahara ''Station Six-Sahara'' is a 1963 British-West German drama film directed by Seth Holt and starring Carroll Baker, Peter van Eyck and Ian Bannen. It is a remake of the 1938 film '' S.O.S. Sahara'', which had been based on a play by Jean Martet. ...

''.Bergfelder p.128

Cast

as Loup *

as Paul Moutier * Marta Labarr as Hélène Muriel * Raymond Cordy as Charles *

Paul Azaïs Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli * ''Le défenseur'' ( ...

as Bobby * Andrée Lindia as Dolly * Nilda Duplessy as L'amie * René Dary as Delini * Georges Malkine as Ivan * Georges Lannes as Jacquard * Bill Bocket as Le policier * Hugues Wanner as L'employé

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005. * Orlando, Valerie. '' Screening Morocco: Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society''. Ohio University Press, 2011.

External links

* 1938 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films German black-and-white films 1938 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jacques de Baroncelli Films shot in Algeria German films based on plays Films set in deserts UFA GmbH films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub