Hatifa (1960)
Overview
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.
What is Hatifa about?
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. Hatifa is a Adventure, Drama movie, released on 1960-07-24, runtime 85 minutes.
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Directed by
Siegfried Hartmann
Cast
- Gisela Büttner as Hatifa
- Harry Hindemith as Simsal
- Axel Kausmann as Hodja
- Jochen Thomas as Ganem
- Gerhard Lau as Stelzbein
- Fred Düren as Zadok
- Herbert Grünbaum as Anaximandros
- Hans-Joachim Hegewald as Enki
- Otto-Erich Edenharter as Kapitän
- Alfred Lux as Achmed
- Else Korén
- Johannes Knittel as Ur-Sin
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