---
title: 'Escape from Sahara (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Staudte'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 70
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/escape-from-sahara-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051890/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Escape from Sahara (1958)

1958 · 70 min · War · Germany

Original title: Madeleine und der Legionär

## Synopsis

Escape from Sahara is a 1958 West German adventure drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Hildegard Knef, Bernhard Wicki and Hannes Messemer. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with location shooting taking place in Cuxhaven and in Tangier in North Africa. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew, Fritz Lippmann and Helmut Nentwig. It was part of an upsurge of popular interest in West Germany about France's War in Algeria, particularly Germans serving there.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wolfgang Staudte](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-staudte)
- **Screenplay:** [Johannes Mario Simmel](https://cinepixo.com/people/johannes-mario-simmel), [Emil Burri](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-burri), [Werner Jörg Lüddecke](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-jorg-luddecke)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Siegfried Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-franz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Václav Vích](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-vich)
- **Editor:** [Martha Dübber](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-dubber)

## Cast

- [Harry Meyen](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-meyen)
- [Werner Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-peters)
- [Joachim Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-hansen)
- [Helmut Schmid](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-schmid)
- [Bernhard Wicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-wicki)
- [Hannes Messemer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-messemer)
- [Hildegard Knef](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildegard-knef)

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