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Desert Wedding

1949 · Film · France · Directed by André Zwobada

Poster of Desert Wedding
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Imlil village on a terraced slope in the High Atlas mountains
Filmed here: High Atlas · Photo: Mounir Neddi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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Desert Wedding (French: Les noces de sable) is a 1948 French drama film directed by André Zwoboda and starring Denise Cardi, Larbi Tounsi and Himmoud Brahimi. Location shooting took place in the Atlas Mountains of French Morocco. It was originally screened at the 1948 Venice Film Festival before being released in France the following year.

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Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. Wikipedia: Category:Films shot in Morocco
  2. French Wikipedia, filming-location category

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