Escape from Sahara
1958, German. Directed by Wolfgang Staudte.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Wolfgang StaudteDirector
- Hildegard KnefMadeleine Durand
- Bernhard WickiLuigi Locatelli
- Hannes MessemerRobert Altmann
- Helmut SchmidPat Kilby
- Joachim HansenKurt Gerber
- Harry MeyenJean de Maire
- Werner PetersBrouillard
- Siegfried LowitzKapitän Gerlach
- Ursula DiestelLucienne Germanini
- Friedrich MaurerCast
- Leonard SteckelCast
- Hanita HallanCast
Details
- Released
- 21 January 1958
- Original title
- Madeleine und der Legionär
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Emil Burri, Johannes Mario Simmel, Werner Jörg Lüddecke
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Escape from Sahara runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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Escape from Sahara isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 January 1958. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Escape from Sahara?
Escape from Sahara (1958) was directed by Wolfgang Staudte and stars Hildegard Knef, Bernhard Wicki, Hannes Messemer.