Across the Desert

{{Short description|1936 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Across the Desert

| image =Across the Desert.jpg

| caption =

| director = Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla

| producer = Lothar Stark

| writer = {{ubl|Karl May (novel)|Carl Junghans}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Fred Raupach|Heinz Evelt|Erich Haußmann|Aruth Wartan}}

| music = Gottfried Huppertz

| cinematography = {{ubl|Georg Muschner|Paul Rischke}}

| editing =

| studio = Lothar Stark-Film

| distributor = NDLS

| released = {{film date|1936|2|20|df=y}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Across the Desert ({{langx|de|Durch die Wüste}}) is a 1936 German adventure film directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla and starring Fred Raupach, Heinz Evelt and Aruth Wartan. It was based on a novel by Karl May. It was the first sound adaptation of a May novel, and the only one to be produced during the Nazi era.Bergfelder pp. 180–181 Set in the Ottoman Empire during the nineteenth century, it portrays a series of oriental adventures of travellers Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar.

It was shot on location in Egypt, and at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.