The Desert Song

Nov 17, 1939

★ 5.0

Overview

When the famous singer Grace Collins got off the plane that had flown her a remote place in Northen Africa little did she know she would meet love and adventure there. If she came there, it was to visit Sir Collins, her stepfather. Falling in love was not on the agenda but how could she resist the charm of Nic Brenten, an alluring and idealistic Dutch engineer? Butcan devotion and generosity really compete with the greed of someone like Sir Collins, a cynical financier who wants to dispossess the locals of the copper mine Brenten helps them to develop ?...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

UFA

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Cast

Grace Collins

Zarah Leander

Nic Brenten, Ingenieur

Gustav Knuth

Finanzier

Franz Schafheitlin

Sir Collins

Friedrich Domin

Hafenbeamter

Gerhard Bienert

Reitersoldat Tom Taylor

Karl Dannemann

Reporter

Hermann Pfeiffer

Captain Frank Stanney

Herbert Wilk

Oberst Balentine

Ernst Karchow

Leutnant Scott

Rolf Heydel

Kommissar

Carl Günther

Schwedischer Konsul

Ernst Sattler

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