In Desert and Wilderness (1973 film)

Desert and Wilderness (Polish: W pustyni i w puszczy) is a 1973 Polish film directed by Władysław Ślesicki. Adapted from the 1911 novel In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz,^[1] it tells the story of two kids, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by the rebels during Mahdi's rebellion in Sudan..

The film lasts about 3 hours, and is composed of 2 parts which were shown separately in theaters. Work on it started in 1971. It was filmed in Egypt, Sudan and Bulgaria,^[2] with an international cast and crew. At the same time, a four-part miniseries was made.^[3] It is very much like the movie, but has some additional scenes and the ones that can be seen in the movie look and sound slightly different (In Desert and Wilderness (1974 TV series)). Another adaptation was released in 2001

Cast

• Monika Rosca .... Nel Rawlison
• Tomasz Mędrzak .... Staś Tarkowski
• Emos Bango .... Kali
• Malia Mekki .... Mea
• Edmund Fetting .... George Rawlison (Nel's father)
• Stanisław Jasiukiewicz .... Władysław Tarkowski (Staś's father)
• Zygmunt Hobot .... Kaliopuli
• Zygmunt Maciejewski .... Linde
• Ahmed Hegazi .... Gebhr
• Ahmed Marei .... Chamis
• Ibrahim Shemi .... Idrys
• Abdel Menam Abu El Fatouh .... Mahdi
• Hosna Suleyman .... Dinah
• Stefania Mędrzak .... Madame Olivier
• Fatma Helal .... Fatma
• Jerzy Kamas .... Tarkowski's voice (uncredited)
• Abbas Fares, Mohamed Hamdi, Bogumił Simeonow, Gawrił Gawriłow and others.

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