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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. It was made at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. 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.
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, she falls in love with him and changes sides.
Cast
Philipp Manning as Henry Bertell
Theo Shall as René
Ellen Richter as Colette, a dancer
Charles Puffy as Emil Dupont
Senta Söneland as Agathe - Bertell's wife
Ferdinand Hart as Valera
Leonard Steckel as Ferrero
Rosa Valetti as Madame Rosa
Heinrich Marlow as Martini
Hans Hermann Schaufuß as First Police Commissioner
Julius Falkenstein as Second Police Commissioner
Aruth Wartan as Man from the Levante
Henry Bender as Portier bei Bertell
Emil Rameau as Prokurist bei Bertell
References
Bibliography
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931. Klaus-Archiv, 2006.
External links
The Adventurer of Tunis at IMDb