Across the Desert (German: Durch die Wüste) is a 1936 German adventure film directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla and starring Fred Raupach, Heinz Evelt and Aruth Wartan. It was based on a novel by Karl May. It was the first sound adaptation of a May novel, and the only one to be produced during the Nazi era. Set in the Ottoman Empire during the nineteenth century, it portrays a series of oriental adventures of travellers Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar.
It was shot on location in Egypt, and at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.
Cast
Fred Raupach as Kara Ben Nemsi
Heinz Evelt as Hadschi Halef Omar
Erich Haußmann as Abu Seif
Gretl Wawra as Hanneh
Aruth Wartan as Scheik Malek
Katharina Berger as Senitza
Herbert Gernot as Abu Seif's butler
Franz Klebusch as Plaza men
Bertold Reissig as Abu Seif's friend