The concept alone sets this apart from most other stories about “Atlantis,” as the film depicts the kingdom located beneath a desert rather than the ocean. The story begins when two French Foreign Legionnaires, "St. Avit" (John Stuart) and "Ferrières" (Georges Tourrell), are caught in a sandstorm and unexpectedly stumble upon it. While they initially feel lucky to have been found, their relief is short-lived as they …

This marks my third viewing of a film by G.W. Pabst, following his remarkable silent works, 'Pandora's Box' and ‘Diary of a Lost Girl,’ both featuring Louise Brooks. This is the English adaptation of ‘L’Atlantide’, which itself was a sound remake of Jacques Feyder’s earlier silent picture, and it distinguished itself by being filmed largely on location in the Sahara Desert, an unusual practice for filmmaking at that …