''Under Blazing Skies'' or ''Under Blazing Heavens'' (German: ''Unter heißem Himmel'') is a 1936 German
adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...
directed by
Gustav Ucicky
Gustav Ucicky (6 July 1899 – 27 April 1961) was an Austrians, Austrian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s. His work cov ...
and starring
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.
Early life
...
,
Lotte Lang
Lotte Lang (11 January 1900 – 13 February 1985) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1932 and 1979.
Selected filmography
* '' Must We Get Divorced?'' (1933)
* ''Tales from the Vienna Wo ...
and
Aribert Wäscher
Aribert Wäscher (1 December 1895 – 14 December 1961) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' The Black Tulip Festival'' (1920)
* ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921)
* ''Slums of Berlin'' (1925)
* ''The Hanseatics'' (1925)
* '' T ...
.
[Kreimeier p.237] It was shot at the
Babelsberg Studios in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
and
on location on the
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek language, Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish language, Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It ...
coast of
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Robert Herlth
Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146
Filmography
* ''Masks'' (1920)
* '' Island of the Dead'' (1921)
* ' ...
and
Walter Röhrig
Walter Röhrig (13 April 1897 – 1945) was a German art director.Stephens p.163
Selected filmography
* '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920)
* ''Masks'' (1920)
* ''Parisian Women'' (1921)
* '' Island of the Dead'' (1921)
* ''Miss Julie'' (192 ...
. It was produced and distributed by Germany's largest film company
UFA
Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...
. The film was popular enough to be given a second release in
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
in 1950.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
*
1936 films
German adventure films
1936 adventure films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Gustav Ucicky
UFA GmbH films
Seafaring films
Films of Nazi Germany
Films shot in Greece
Films set in the Mediterranean Sea
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
{{1930s-Germany-film-stub