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Swimmers in the Desert

20011h 50mKurt Mayer

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The true life story and adventures of László Almásy, the 'English patient', who crossed Africa in 1929 with the father of filmmaker Kurt Mayer: These events provide the motivation and outline for a critical journey through 'men's domains' in Cairo, London and Vienna. Navigation in the expanses of the memory - the dream of flying, documents from the war and of an unrequited love...

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EgyptSudanMale HomosexualityDesertLaszlo Almasy

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What is Swimmers in the Desert (2001) about?

The true life story and adventures of László Almásy, the 'English patient', who crossed Africa in 1929 with the father of filmmaker Kurt Mayer: These events provide the motivation and outline for a critical journey through 'men's domains' in Cairo, London and Vienna. Navigation in the expanses of the memory - the dream of flying, documents from the war and of an unrequited love...

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Swimmers in the Desert has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2001.

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