Hatifa
Hatifa

Movie·1960·1h 25m

Hatifa

Country

East Germany

Language

German

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The Story

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.

Written By

Willi Meinck

Editor

Hildegard Conrad

Themes

fairy talemärchen

Production House

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Audience Score

80%

1 votes

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Timepass14%
Go for it36%
Perfection44%

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Cast

Gisela Büttner

Gisela Büttner

Hatifa

Harry Hindemith

Harry Hindemith

Simsal

Axel Kausmann

Axel Kausmann

Hodja

Jochen Thomas

Jochen Thomas

Ganem

Gerhard Lau

Stelzbein

Fred Düren

Fred Düren

Zadok

Herbert Grünbaum

Anaximandros

Hans-Joachim Hegewald

Enki

Otto-Erich Edenharter

Kapitän

Alfred Lux

Achmed

Else Korén

Johannes Knittel

Ur-Sin

Fred Ludwig

Fritz Decho

Johannes Maus

Friedrich Richter

Friedrich Richter

Karl Schnog

Karl Schnog

Alter Eseltreiber

Johannes Siegert

// crew

Crew

Siegfried Hartmann

Siegfried Hartmann

Director, Writer

Willi Meinck

Writer

Hildegard Conrad

Editor

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