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The wife of the English consul in British-occupied Egypt at the turn of the century falls in love with a French foreign legionnaire, and her husband takes advantage of this to spy on secret plans for an uprising instigated by the French. An action by the French in the desert is then bloodily suppressed by the English. The legionnaire survives, but he cannot forgive the woman who loves him for the fact that many of his comrades have died as a result of her betrayal.Read moreLess
The wife of the English consul in British-occupied Egypt at the turn of the century falls in love with a French foreign legionnaire, and her husband takes advantage of this to spy on secret plans for an uprising instigated by the French. An action by the French in the desert is then bloodily suppressed by the English. The legionnaire survives, but he cannot forgive the woman who loves him for the fact that many of his comrades have died as a result of her betrayal.
The story
The wife of the English consul in British-occupied Egypt at the turn of the century falls in love with a French foreign legionnaire, and her husband takes advantage of this to spy on secret plans for an uprising instigated by the French. An action by the French in the desert is then bloodily suppressed by the English. The legionnaire survives, but he cannot forgive the woman who loves him for the fact that many of his comrades have died as a result of her betrayal.
Cast & crew
Werner HinzGerald Gore, englischer Konsul
Ruth LeuwerikViolante Gore
Thomas HoltzmannSergeant Charly Brown
Hans QuestWard, Sekretär bei Gore
Lina CarstensMrs. Durham
Gustav KnuthSoldat Horner
Wolf AckvaAllaine, französischer Konsul
Bruni LöbelAimée, Kabarettistin
Erika RembergNadja
Friedrich DominMr. TrappExplore the crew
- Director
- Rolf Hansen
- Director of Photography
- Dieter Wedekind
- Producer
- Harald Braun
- Director of Photography
- Friedl Behn-Grund
- Writer
- Jacob Geis
- Writer
- Juliane Kay
- Original Music Composer
- Mark Lothar