W pustyni i w puszczy (1973)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Wladyslaw Slesicki

Writers:

Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel), Wladyslaw Slesicki

Stars:

Monika Rosca, Tomasz Medrzak, Edmund Fetting

Cast

Credited cast:
Monika Rosca	...	Nel Rawlison
Tomasz Medrzak	...	Stas Tarkowski
Edmund Fetting	...	Mr Georg Rawlison
Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz	...	Mr Wladyslaw Tarkowski
Emos Bango	...	Kali
Malija Mekki	...	Mea
Ahmad Hegazi	...	Gebhr
Ibrahim Shemi	...	Idrys
Ahmed Marei	...	Chamis
Zygmunt Maciejewski	...	Linde
Abdel Menam Abu El Fatouh	...	Mahdi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hassan	...	Hassan
Zygmunt Hobot	...	Kaliopuli
Jerzy Laskowski	...	Wladyslaw Tarkowski (II)
Stefania Medrzak	...	Madame Olivier

Storyline

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. Finally they manage to return. Based on great novel, the same title by Nobel receiver (for all his literary output) Henryk Sienkiewicz.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family

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Details

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish

Release Date:

15 October 1973 (Poland)

Also Known As:

In Desert and Wilderness

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

195 min

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as In Desert and Wilderness (2002)

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Soundtracks

Gwiazda dnia
Music by Andrzej Korzynski
Written by M.Dutkiewicz
Performed by 2+1

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