„Treacherous sands – On the Trail of the English Patient“
- Title
- Treacherous sands – On the Trail of the English Patient
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- Language
- Dauer
- 52 min
- Director
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Kurt Mayer
- Category
- Adventure
- When & Where
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Friday,
15. Nov. 2002 from 20:30 / Kammermusiksaal
- Photos
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- Description
- Some people think that the film “The English Patient” was the last film adaptation of a great love story of the twentieth century.We, however, learn about the true story of the hero based on authentic film material, which, for a long time, was thought to be lost. This film is more thrilling than the big Hollywood movie. His Arabic friends called him “father of the sand”; his real name was László Almásy. He had left his European home for his romantic love of the desert. What he found was the treacherous sand of North Africa during the time of World War II. Almásy was one of the first men to explore the Sahara from the air, and suddenly his knowledge was not only dangerous but, for many, useful. Almásy was a hunted man…
