W pustyni i w puszczy (2001)

Two young children - Stas and Nel - are kidnapped and taken to Muslumans' leader Mahdi.

Director:

Gavin Hood

Writers:

Gavin Hood, Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel)

Stars:

Adam Fidusiewicz, Karolina Sawka, Artur Zmijewski

4 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Adam Fidusiewicz	...	Stas Tarkowski
Karolina Sawka	...	Nel Rawlison
Artur Zmijewski	...	Mr. Wladyslaw Tarkowski
Andrzej Strzelecki	...	Mr. Georg Rawlison
Krzysztof Kowalewski	...	Greek Kalioupoli
Agnieszka Pilaszewska	...	Madame Olivier
Krzysztof Kolberger	...	Linde
Konrad Imiela	...	Chamis
Lingile Shongwe	...	Mea
Mzwandile Ngubeni	...	Kali
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jacek Rozenek	...	(voice)
Przemyslaw Sadowski	...	Major
Ryan Stuart	...	Army officer
Daria Trafankowska	...	Dinah (voice)
Marek Wlodarczyk	...	(voice)

Storyline

When 15 year old Stas Tarkowski and 9 year old Nel Rawlinson are kidnapped by rebels fighting for the great Arab leader - the Mahdi - their fathers desperately organize a search party. But the Mahdi uprising is spreading rapidly across North Africa and the chances of finding the children seem remote. Forced to rely on themselves, Stas and Nel, together with two young African slaves, Mea and Kali, escape their captors and head south across desolate country. In their search for a way home, they must battle wild animals, thunderstorms, hunger and malaria. Their journey to freedom brings them into contact with some colorful adult mentors: Kaliopoli, a displaced Greek, guides Stas through a critical encounter with the great Mahdi and Linde, an eccentric Polish cartographer, himself lost in the jungle, offers hope when Nel comes down with malaria and all hope for her survival seems lost.

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Plot Keywords:

remake | based on novel

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Details

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish

Release Date:

23 March 2001 (Poland)

Also Known As:

Stas and Nel Adventures

Filming Locations:

Namibia

Box Office

Budget:

$4,200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cast and crew used about 500 litres of water each day of shooting. That made 40,000 litres in total for the duration of filming.

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Connections

Remake of W pustyni i w puszczy (1973)

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Soundtracks

"Pustynna burza"

User Reviews

My opinion

I watch this movie last year. I like it, and I remember that, when I was young, I saw the original version of this movie (from year of 1973), and all the good memories from my childhood come back to me. I was very curious how this new version will reflect to my judgment at this time of our today's life. I decide to buy to both movie (the old and the now one) on DVD... For this movie: I like the way they make this film. It's different, but good. Also I read the book again (the last time was when I was 9 or 10) - I recommend to everybody who doesn't read the book or watch the film - Don't wait - it will be very good spend time!