The Adventurer of Tunis

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The Adventurer of Tunis
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Directed by Willi Wolff
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Otto Kanturek
Edited by Carl Otto Bartning
Music by Vincent Scotto
Production
company
Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Distributed byDeutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date
  • 10 September 1931 (1931-09-10)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

The Adventurer of Tunis (German : Die Abenteurerin von Tunis) is a 1931 German adventure film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Philipp Manning, Theo Shall, and Ellen Richter. [1] It was made at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. [2] Location shooting took place in Marseille and Nice in France, Genoa and the Italian Riviera and in Tunis and the Sahara Desert. The film's art direction was by Robert Neppach and Willy Schiller.

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Synopsis

During an Arab uprising in North Africa, the European employees of a copper mine are besieged and need urgent help. When his government refuses to provide military assistance, the firm's Parisian owner sends his nephew Henry Bertell with weapons and ammunition. A rival company is behind the uprising, and sends one of its agents a dancer named Collette to seduce Henry and foil his mission. However, as they travel through Southern France together she falls in love with him and changes sides.

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  1. Klaus p. 332
  2. Klaus p.14

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