The Desert Song

The Desert Song

Drama | Nov. 17, 1939

When the famous singer Grace Collins got off the plane that had flown her a remote place in Northen Africa little did she know she would meet love and adventure there. If she came there, it was to visit Sir Collins, her stepfather. Falling in love was not on the agenda but how could she resist the charm of Nic Brenten, an alluring and idealistic Dutch engineer? Butcan devotion and generosity really compete with the greed of someone like Sir Collins, a cynical financier who wants to dispossess the locals of the copper mine Brenten helps them to develop ?...

The Desert Song

Drama | Nov. 17, 1939

The Desert Song
When the famous singer Grace Collins got off the plane that had flown her a remote place in Northen Africa little did she know she would meet love and adventure there. If she came there, it was to visit Sir Collins, her stepfather. Falling in love was not on the agenda but how could she resist the charm of Nic Brenten, an alluring and idealistic Dutch engineer? Butcan devotion and generosity really compete with the greed of someone like Sir Collins, a cynical financier who wants to dispossess the locals of the copper mine Brenten helps them to develop ?...
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Das Lied der Wüste
Directors Paul Martin, Friedrich Domin
Writers Werner Illing, Paul Martin, Walther von Hollander, Bruno Balz

Cast

Zarah Leander

as Grace Collins

Gustav Knuth

as Nic Brenten, Ingenieur

Franz Schafheitlin

as Finanzier

Friedrich Domin

as Sir Collins

Gerhard Bienert

as Hafenbeamter

Karl Dannemann

as Reitersoldat Tom Taylor

Hermann Pfeiffer

as Reporter / 1. Reporter

Herbert Wilk

as Captain Frank Stanney

Ernst Karchow

as Oberst Balentine

Rolf Heydel

as Leutnant Scott

Carl Günther

as Kommissar

Ernst Sattler

as Schwedischer Konsul

Hermann Wagner

as Brentens Diener Hamed

Eberhard Leithoff

as Reitersoldat Steve

Renée Peter

as Jane, Graces Zofe

Aruth Wartan

as 2. Finanzier

Aribert Grimmer

as Brentens Werkmeister Butler

Herbert Klatt

as Reitersoldat Jack

Helmut Brasch

as Reitersoldat Sam

Charly Kracker

as Reitersoldat Joe

Peter Höfer

as Reitersoldat James

Wilhelm Schläger

as 2. Reporter

Waldemar Teuscher

as Telefonist

Karl Jüstel

as Ober im Hotel Royal

Alfred Karen

as Gast beim Empfang des Kommissars

Fritz Draeger

as Gast beim Fest des Kommissars