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SAHARA - DAS VERSUNKENE PARADIES
Sahara - The English Patient's Desert
Michael Schlamberger, AUSTRIA, 2002, 50' col., video
Director Michael Schlamberger
Script Michael Schlamberger
Cameraman Michel Schlamberger, Rolando Menardi
Editing Andrew Naylor
Music Kurt Adametz
Production Michael Schlamberger per Science Vision ORF, Universum/NHU
Distribution ORF, Universum/NHU

The Sahara, one of the harshest desert climates on the planet, was widely explored at the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1933, the Austrian explorer Ladislaus Almasy (the protagonist from the film "The English Patient" by Anthony Minghella) discovered some ancient drawings which portrayed a paradise populated by giant animals bathing in rivers and lakes. The most expansive desert on the planet has therefore once been a kind of earthly Paradise.

DIRECTOR
Michael Schlamberger studied medicine and founded the film production company, the Science Vision, with his wife Rita, graduated in Biology. His work has always been directed towards scientific popularisation.

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