Sahara (1943)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sahara |
| Original title | Sahara |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1943 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Zoltan Korda |
| script |
Zoltan Korda , John Howard Lawson , James O'Hanlon |
| production | Harry Joe Brown |
| music | Miklós Rózsa |
| camera | Rudolph Maté |
| cut | Charles Nelson |
| occupation | |
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Sahara is an American war film directed by Zoltan Korda from 1943. The film is based on a story by Philip McDonald based on the Soviet film Trinadzat (1937) by Mikhail Romm .
action
While retreating from the German troops in North Africa, an M3 tank was separated from its unit. At a bombed-out field hospital, the crew picks up a group of stragglers, including a British doctor and a soldier from Free France . Later they meet a Sudanese soldier who is carrying an Italian prisoner with him. They also shoot down a German plane and capture the pilot who jumped off with the parachute.
An oasis is noted on Commander Gunn's map, to which the group has to return because there is little water left. You find the oasis, but there is hardly any water left. A German track vehicle arrives shortly afterwards. The group sets an ambush and kills almost all of the vehicle's crew. The two survivors report that a German battalion was approaching behind them to look for water. Gunn decides to hold up the battalion while one of the group is supposed to get help with the German vehicle. The two Germans are released with an offer to the approaching German troops: rifles against water.
When the Germans approached, the oasis dried up completely. Gunn is negotiating with the Germans to buy time and claims the oasis is full of water. The Germans attack and are repulsed again and again. But one defender after another is killed. In the end, the Germans, mad with thirst, throw away their weapons and crawl to the source. Gunn is surprised to see that a German bullet has opened another source through its explosion. Gunn and the only other surviving allied disarm the drinking Germans. Then they march east with them. Allied troops meet them with the courier at their head. You will receive news of Montgomery's victory in the first battle of El Alamein .
background
Prior to his acting career, Bruce Bennett was an athlete. As a shot putter, he won the silver medal at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. At that time he started under his name Herman Harold Brix.
The composer Miklós Rózsa won three Oscars in his career (1946, 1948 and 1960), as did the orchestra leader Morris Stoloff (1945, 1947 and 1961). The film editor Charles Nelson was later one of the Oscar winners. He won his statue in 1956.
The film was shot in the deserts of California and Arizona . The film had its German premiere on January 30, 1974 on German television. The film was only shown in the original with subtitles. A remake was filmed for US television in 1995 under the same title. Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith , James Belushi played Bogart's role as the tank commander.
Reviews
The film-dienst describes the film as a "persistence film from 1943, which thanks to the sober design and the excellent Humphrey Bogart has remained noteworthy". Cinema found the film "staged, superbly performed and free of any transfiguration of war". Main actor Humphrey Bogart "wins (acting) all along the line".
Awards
- Nominations:
Web links
- Sahara in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sahara at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sahara. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 21, 2018 .
- ↑ See cinema.de