''L'Atlantide'' is a 1932 German-French
adventure
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and
fantasy film
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directed by
G. W. Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic.
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and starring
Brigitte Helm
Brigitte Helm (born Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm, 17 March 1906 – 11 June 1996) was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double named Futura, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film, ''Metropolis''.
Early life and ...
. It is based on the novel ''
L'Atlantide'' by
Pierre Benoît.
Production
The film is a remake of the 1921
film of the same name directed by
Jacques Feyder
Jacques Feyder (; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930 ...
.
After Feyder refused to create a
sound
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remake of ''L'Atlantide'', Pabst took to directing the film.
[Frey, 2005. p. 292] Both Pabst and Feyder's film adaptations were shot in the
Sahara Desert
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To compete with American films, the film was shot in three languages: English, French and German.
Cast
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1932 films
1932 adventure films
1930s English-language films
1930s German-language films
1930s French-language films
1932 multilingual films
German multilingual films
French multilingual films
Films of the Weimar Republic
French adventure films
German adventure films
French black-and-white films
German black-and-white films
Films directed by G. W. Pabst
Films based on Atlantida
Remakes of French films
Sound film remakes of silent films
Films set in deserts
Films produced by Seymour Nebenzal
1930s French films
1930s German films