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The Trip to Marrakesh
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Wikipedia article
'The Trip to Marrakesh' is a 1949 West German drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Luise Ullrich, Maria Holst and Karl Ludwig Diehl. It was Eichberg's last film and his first in a decade, having spend time abroad since his two part Indian-set 'The Tiger of Eschnapur'.
Production
The film is based on a play 'Le voyage Marrakech' by the French writer Benno Vigny.
It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich, with sets designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann. Eichberg led a filming expedition to Morocco for location shooting. The final budget amounted to around one and half million deutschmarks.
Release
It premiered in Munich on 21 December 1949, aiming for the lucrative Christmas-time release market. The film was received with general hostility from critics.
Themes
While the film was in the same tradition as Eichberg's earlier films, with their exotic settings, it has drawn more notice for its underlying lesbian theme, which culminates in one female character shooting another dead.Noack, Frank. 'Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker'. University Press of Kentucky, 2016. p. 239.
Main cast
*Luise Ullrich as Liliane
*Maria Holst as Armande Colbert
*Karl Ludwig Diehl as Professor Colbert
*Paul Dahlke as Henry Orliac
*Grethe Weiser as Loulou
*Ludwig Linkmann as Bobby
*Michael Korrontay as Jacques Bertal
*Gnther Evers as Capitain Blanchard
*Viktor Afritsch as Ahmed Pasha
*Ernst Fritz Frbringer as Jean
*Berthold Ebbecke as Dr. Grandler
*Ulrich Beiger as Mixer
References
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