Oasis (1955 film)

Oasis
Directed by	Yves Allégret
Written by	Joseph Kessel Ben Barzman Georges Kessel
Produced by	Gerd Oswald Luggi Waldleitner
Starring	Michèle Morgan Cornell Borchers
Cinematography	Roger Hubert
Edited by	Claude Nicole
Music by	Paul Misraki
Production companies	Criterion Productions Roxy Film
Distributed by	20th Century Fox (USA)
Release dates	20 April 1955 (France) 17 April 1957 (USA)
Running time	104 minutes
Countries	France West Germany
Language	French

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

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

Principal cast

• Michèle Morgan as Francoise Lignières
• Cornell Borchers as Karin Salstroem
• Pierre Brasseur as Antoine Vallin (In the French version)
• Carl Raddatz as Antoine Vallin (In the German version)
• Grégoire Aslan as Pérez

External links

• Oasis at IMDb
• Oasis at the TCM Movie Database
• Oasis at AllMovie