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'Station Six-Sahara' is a 1963 British-West German drama film directed by Seth Holt and starring Carroll Baker, Peter van Eyck and Ian Bannen. It is a remake of the 1938 film 'S.O.S. Sahara', which had been based on a play by Jean Martet.Bergelder p.128

Premise



When an attractive young woman arrives at an isolated oil station in the Sahara Desert, she provokes tension with and amongst the employees.

Cast



* Carroll Baker as Catherine

* Peter van Eyck as Kramer

* Ian Bannen as Fletcher

* Denholm Elliott as Macey

* Hansjrg Felmy as Martin

* Mario Adorf as Santos

* Biff McGuire as Jimmy

* Harry Baird as Sailor

Production



The film was part of an ambitious plan by the German production firm CCC Films to begin making films in London, which ended after only two releases.Bergfelder p.128

Seth Holt said he was given the project by executive producer Gene Gutowski, saying "It was a sort of dirty film really but there was something in it that was quite interesting. Then I learnt by accident that Bryan Forbes had originally brought this subject to CCC films's attention and had promised in the little writing in the contract to do a stint at the end. He did a rewrite in four days. It wasn't perfect but it was a lot better than what I had in the first instance."

It was shot mostly in London at Shepperton Studios with some location work in Libya. As a female in Libya, Baker's movements were heavily restricted.

Reception



The film was reasonably successful on its release in both Britain and Germany.Bergfelder p.129

Critical reception

Contemporary reviewers 'The Times' commented that "for once in a British film some real erotic tension is palpable on the screen", while Dilys Powell described the film as "true cinema".

The film was greatly admired by Martin Scorsese.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120803083501/http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49764 "Lost and found: Station Six Sahara"] BFI 10 Feb 2012, accessed 16 Oct 2014

References





Bibliography



* Bergfelder, Tim. 'International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-productions in the 1960s'. Berghahn Books, 2005.


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