The Desert Song (German: Das Lied der Wüste) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Zarah Leander, Friedrich Domin and Gustav Knuth.Moeller p.83Bruns p.147Klaus p.122 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte and Karl Vollbrecht.
Cast Zarah Leander as Grace Collins Friedrich Domin as Sir Collins, ihr Stiefvater Gustav Knuth as Nic Brenten, Ingenieur Herbert Wilk as Frank Stanney, Captain Ernst Karchow as Oberst Balentine Rolf Heydel as Leutnant Scott Karl Günther as Kommissar Franz Schafheitlin as Finanzier Hermann Wagner as Hamed, Brentens Diener Herbert Klatt as Jack, Stanneys Bursche Helmut Brasch as Sam Karl Dannemann as Tom Hermann Pfeiffer as Reporter Gerhard Bienert as Hafenbeamter Fritz Draeger as Gast beim Fest des Kommissars Aribert Grimmer as Butler Peter Höfer as Soldat James Karl Jüstel as Ober im Hotel Royal Alfred Karen as Gast beim Empfang des Kommissars Charlie Kracker as Joe Eberhard Leithoff as Steve Renée Peter as Jane, Zofe von Grace Collins Ernst Sattler as Schwedische Konsul Wilhelm Schläger as Reporter Waldemar Tenscher as Telefonist Aruth Wartan as 2. Finanzier
References
Bibliography Bruns, Jana Francesca. Nazi Cinema's New Women: Marika Roekk, Zarah Leander, Kristina Soederbaum. Stanford University, 2002. Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1939. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. Moeller, Felix. The Film Minister: Goebbels and the Cinema in the Third Reich. Axel Menges, 2000.
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