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Kurt Mayer Film

Swimmers in the Desert

2001 110 min German
Wubly rating 6.3 IMDb rating 7.3

The true life story and adventures of László Almásy, the 'English patient', who crossed Africa in 1929 with the father of filmmaker Kurt Mayer: These events provide the motivation and outline for a critical journey through 'men's domains' in Cairo, London and Vienna. Navigation in the expanses of the memory - the dream of flying, documents from the war and of an unrequited love...

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Kurt Mayer Director · Charlotte Müllner Editor

First release March 28, 2001 · Produced in Austria · Production Epo-Film, Epo-Film Produktionsgesellschaft

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Original title

Schwimmer in der Wüste

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German

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Austria · March 28, 2001

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