---
title: 'The Star of Africa (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Weidenmann'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-star-of-africa-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049796/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Star of Africa (1957)

1957 · 99 min · Drama, War, History · Germany, Spain

Original title: Der Stern von Afrika

## Synopsis

Der Stern von Afrika is a 1957 black-and-white German war film portraying the combat career of a World War II Luftwaffe fighter pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille. The film stars Joachim Hansen and Marianne Koch and was directed by Alfred Weidenmann, whose film career began in the Nazi era.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Weidenmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-weidenmann)
- **Screenplay:** [Herbert Reinecker](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-reinecker)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans-Martin Majewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-martin-majewski)
- **Producer:** [Rüdiger von Hirschberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudiger-von-hirschberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Helmut Ashley](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-ashley), [Francisco Sempere](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-sempere)
- **Editor:** [Carl Otto Bartning](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-otto-bartning)

## Cast

- [Christian Doermer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-doermer)
- [Marianne Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-koch)
- [Alexander Kerst](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-kerst)
- [Hans Hermann Schaufuß](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-hermann-schaufu)
- [Joachim Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-hansen)
- [Fernando Sancho](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-sancho)
- [Germán Cobos](https://cinepixo.com/people/german-cobos)
- [Carl Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-lange)
- [Werner Bruhns](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-bruhns)
- [Ursula Krieg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ursula-krieg)
- [Roberto Blanco](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-blanco)
- [Siegfried Schürenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-schurenberg)
- [Curt Bois](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-bois)
- [Hansjörg Felmy](https://cinepixo.com/people/hansjorg-felmy)
- [Til Kiwe](https://cinepixo.com/people/til-kiwe)

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