Oasis (1955 film)

Oasis
Directed byYves Allégret
Written byJoseph Kessel
Ben Barzman
Georges Kessel
Produced byGerd Oswald
Luggi Waldleitner
StarringMichèle Morgan
Cornell Borchers
CinematographyRoger Hubert
Edited byClaude Nicole
Music byPaul Misraki
Production
companies
Criterion Productions
Roxy Film
Distributed by20th Century Fox (USA)
Release dates
  • 20 April 1955 (1955-04-20) (France)
  • 17 April 1957 (1957-04-17) (USA)
Running time
104 minutes
CountriesFrance
West Germany
LanguageFrench

Oasis (German: Oase) is a 1955 French-West German adventure film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Michèle Morgan, Cornell Borchers, Carl Raddatz and Pierre Brasseur. It was based on the 1933 novel The Commander by John Knittel. The screenplay was written by Joseph Kessel, Ben Barzman, and Georges Kessel. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Marseille as well as in Marrakesh, Casablanca, Agadir and Guelmim in French Morocco.

Synopsis

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It tells the story of two female smugglers and an inexperienced gold smuggler.

Principal cast

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