Hatifa
6.5
Hatifa is tired of her difficult fate and escapes from the place of her enslavement, a quarry in the desert. There she wanders around in freedom, but ultimately helpless, without water or food. Shortly before dying of thirst, she is saved by the sage Simsal, who is traveling with a caravan of the merchant Ganem. Hatifa quickly makes many friends, including the young servant Hodja. Only to him she confides her secret. The girl had to keep the fact that she was a slave to herself. After all, anyone who helps escaped slaves is mercilessly threatened with the death penalty. Out of consideration for the caravan, they both flee, but are soon picked up by Ganem. When he realizes that he can make a lot of money with Hatifa, he sells her again to a quarry.
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Cast
29 people
Gisela Büttner
Hatifa
Also in
Drei Kapitel Glück
Nebelnacht
Harry Hindemith
Simsal
Also in
Snow White
Gewissen in Aufruhr
Hildegard Conrad
Siegfried Hartmann
Anni von Zieten
Axel Kausmann
Hodja
Also in
The Boys of Kranichsee
Willi Meinck
Siegfried Bethmann
Jochen Thomas
Ganem
Also in
Aber Vati!
Schwester Agnes
Ernst W. Fiedler
Gerhard Lau
Stelzbein
Also in
Geheime Spuren
… verdammt, ich bin erwachsen
Fred Düren
Zadok
Also in
Solo Sunny
Der kleine und der große Klaus
Siegfried Hartmann Director · Willi Meinck Writer Hildegard Conrad Editor
First release July 24, 1960 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
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XG
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · July 24, 1960
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
June 15, 1961 · Theatrical
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