Film

In Desert and Wilderness

1973 · 3h 15m · Adventure · Family · History

IMDb

6.4

Fourteen year old Polish boy Stas Tarkowski and eight year old Nel Rawlison from England are kidnapped as the hostages by Arabic fanatics and taken to their religion leader. Then they manage to escape and try to return to their fathers. Children have a lot of dangerous adventures, meet two Black kids; Kali and Mea, who also help them, make a friendship with an elephant and help one Black's tribe.

Tomasz Mędrzak

Staś Tarkowski

Monika Rosca

Nel Rawlison

Emos Bango

Kali

Malija Mekki

Mea

Stanisław Jasiukiewicz

Władysław Tarkowski

Edmund Fetting

Georg Rawlison

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Linde

Zygmunt Hobot

Kaliopuli

Ahmed Marei

Chamis

Ahmed Hegazi

Gebhr

Ibrahim ElShamy

Idrys

Abbas Fares

Trader

Abd El Menam

Abu El Fatouh

Fatma Helal

Fatma

Mohamed Hamdy

Thadil

• Władysław ŚlesickiDirector · Screenplay
• Henryk SienkiewiczNovel
• Bogusław LambachDirector of Photography
• Andrzej KorzyńskiOriginal Music Composer
• Krystyna RutkowskaEditor

Release date

October 16, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

Polish

Runtime

3h 15m

Rated

12

Genres

Adventure, Family, History