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Escape from Sahara was released on October 20, 1958.
Escape from Sahara was directed by Wolfgang Staudte.
Escape from Sahara has a runtime of 1h 41m.
Escape from Sahara was produced by Peter Schaeffers, Aldo von Pinelli.
Three Foreign Legionnaires - Luigi, Pat and Kurt - desert during the Algerian war because they have had enough of the inhumane war machine. But their comrade Robert intercepts them and decides to have them court-martialed. On their way to Algiers, they pick up young Madeleine, who has just survived an attack by insurgents. Suddenly Robert changes his mind and joins the deserters. Madeleine realizes that she is now a prisoner of the four foreign legionnaires and must make her own escape.
The key characters in Escape from Sahara are Madeleine Durand (Hildegard Knef), Luigi Locatelli (Bernhard Wicki), Robert Altmann (Hannes Messemer).
Escape from Sahara is an Adventure, Drama film.
Escape from Sahara has an audience rating of 5.6 out of 10.