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Der Stern von Afrika (English: The Star of Africa) is a 1957 black-and-white German war film portraying the combat career of a World War II Luftwaffe fighter pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille. It stars Joachim Hansen and Marianne Koch and was directed by Alfred Weidenmann, whose film career began in the Nazi era.
The film was premièred on 13 August 1957 in Berlin and was successful at the German box office. The film was criticised for hewing closely to war-time propaganda in its portrayal of the German war effort and for avoiding an honest confrontation with the past.
Original Release
08/13/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joachim Hansen | Hans-Joachim Marseille |
Marianne Koch | Brigitte |
Hansjörg Felmy | Robert Franke |
Horst Frank | Albin Droste |
Peer Schmidt | Answald Sommer |
Carl Lange | Hauptmann Krusenberg |
Werner Bruhns | Werner Haydenreich / Werner Heydenreich |
Alexander Kerst | Major Niemeyer |
Albert Hehn | Major Schliemann |
Johannes Grossmann | Unteroffizier Weiss |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joachim Hansen | Hans-Joachim Marseille |
Marianne Koch | Brigitte |
Hansjörg Felmy | Robert Franke |
Horst Frank | Albin Droste |
Peer Schmidt | Answald Sommer |
Carl Lange | Hauptmann Krusenberg |
Werner Bruhns | Werner Haydenreich / Werner Heydenreich |
Alexander Kerst | Major Niemeyer |
Albert Hehn | Major Schliemann |
Johannes Grossmann | Unteroffizier Weiss |
Gisela von Collande | Mutter Marseille |
Arno Paulsen | Vater Marseille |
Christian Doermer | Unteroffizier Klein |
Siegfried Schürenberg | Rektor |
Hans Hermann Schaufuß | (as Hans Hermann Schaufuss) |
Ursula Krieg | Tante Irene |
Horst Uhse | Lüttgen |
Erich Ponto | Ein alter Franzose |
Wolf Ackva | Narrator |
Mario Berriatúa |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Erwin Gitt | Executive Producer |
Willy Zeyn | Executive Producer |
Rüdiger von Hirschberg | Producer |