''Rommel Calls Cairo'' (german: Rommel ruft Kairo) is a 1959 West German
war
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thriller film
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directed by
Wolfgang Schleif
Wolfgang Schleif (14 May 1912 – 21 August 1984) was a German film director, screenwriter and film editor.
Life and career
Wolfgang Schleif studied philosophy, psychology and pedagogy at the University of Leipzig. In 1934 he passed the State ...
and starring
Adrian Hoven
Adrian Hoven (18 May 1922 – 28 April 1981) was an Austrian actor, producer and film director. He appeared in 100 films between 1947 and 1981. He was born in Wöllersdorf, Austria as ''Wilhelm Arpad Hofkirchner'' and died in Tegernsee, G ...
,
Elisabeth Müller
Elisabeth Müller (18 July 1926 – 11 December 2006) was a Swiss actress.
Filmography
References
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1926 births
2006 deaths
Swiss film actresses
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Actors from Basel-Stadt
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and
Peter van Eyck.
[Davidson & Hake p. 54] It is based on
a real incident from the
North African Campaign during the
Second World War
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.
The film's sets were designed by the
art directors
Ludwig Reiber
Ludwig Reiber (1904–1979) was a German art director.Capua p.159 The veteran Reiber worked on film and television set design from the silent era to the early 1970s. He was employed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. He wor ...
and
Hans Strobel. It was shot
on location in
Egypt
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.
Van Eyck reprised his role as
László Almásy
László Ede Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós ( hu, Almásy László Ede; ; 22 August/3 November 1895 – 22 March 1951) was a Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert explorer, aviator, Scout-leader and sportsman who served as the ...
in the British film ''
Foxhole in Cairo'', which was released the following year.
Cast
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Adrian Hoven
Adrian Hoven (18 May 1922 – 28 April 1981) was an Austrian actor, producer and film director. He appeared in 100 films between 1947 and 1981. He was born in Wöllersdorf, Austria as ''Wilhelm Arpad Hofkirchner'' and died in Tegernsee, G ...
as
Capt. Johannes Eppler, alias Hussein Gafaar
*
Elisabeth Müller
Elisabeth Müller (18 July 1926 – 11 December 2006) was a Swiss actress.
Filmography
References
External links
*
1926 births
2006 deaths
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20th-century Swiss actresses
Actors from Basel-Stadt
{{Switzerlan ...
as Lt. Kay Morrison
*
Peter van Eyck as
Capt. Graf von Almassy
*
Paul Klinger
Paul Karl Heinrich Klinksik (14 June 1907, Essen – 14 November 1971, Munich) was a German stage and film actor who also worked in radio drama and soundtrack dubbing.
Family life
His father, a civil engineer, was Karl Heinrich Klinksik; his mot ...
as Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel
*
Leila Iman as Amina
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Herbert Tiede
Herbert Tiede (3 March 1915 – 12 January 1987) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1943 to 1975.
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1915 births
1987 deaths
German male film actors
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as Col. Robertson
*
Ernst Reinhold as Sandy
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Wolf Ackva
Wolf Ackva (30 July 1911 – 16 January 2000) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1935 and 1996.
Selected filmography
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1911 births
2000 deaths
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as Maj. Smith
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Til Kiwe as Amis
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Saliman as Achmed
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Albert Hehn as Lüdinghausen
*
Horst Uhse
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* Hor ...
as Schmitz
*
Siegfried Dornbusch as Schulze
*
Gustl Weishappel as Gruber
*
Manfred Andrae as Oberfeldwebel
*
Werner Stock
Werner Bruno Wilhelm Hermann Stock (20 October 1903 – 30 April 1972) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films and television shows between 1932 and 1971.
Selected filmography
* ''Spoiling the Game'' (1932)
* ''Decoy'' (1934 ...
as Abele
*
Heinz Lausch
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Lili Schoenborn-Anspach
*
Panos Papadopulos as Sharani
*
Karin Hauck as Leila
*
Heinz Simon
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as Bachmann
References
Bibliography
* Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. ''Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany''. Berghahn Books, 2007.
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1959 films
1959 war films
German war films
West German films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Wolfgang Schleif
North African campaign films
World War II spy films
German multilingual films
1950s multilingual films
1950s German films
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