Durch Wüste und Wildnis (1973)
Um auf den Mahdi Druck auszuüben, halten die Engländer in Port Said die Schwester des Mahdi gefangen. Dennoch gelingt es ihr, mit Mahdisten einen Befreiungsplan auszuarbeiten. Die beiden Kameltreiber Gebhr und Idrys sollen die Kinder Stas und Nel Rawlison, deren Väter als Ingenieure in El Fajum Kanäle bauen, entführen und einen Austausch erreichen. Der Plan gelingt, nicht zuletzt mit Hilfe des Dieners Chamis, der mit dem Mahdi verwandt ist und dem für diesen Dienst eine hohe Belohnung zugesichert wird. Ein Sandsturm macht die Hoffnung der Väter zunichte, den Entführern zu folgen. Nach einem missglückten Fluchtversuch werden die Kinder nach Omdurman gebracht, wo Stas dem Mahdi vorgeführt wird. Der Grieche Kaliopuli, als Dolmetscher für den Mahdi unentbehrlich, will den Kindern helfen.
Der Regisseur:
Władysław Ślesicki
Der Autor:
Władysław Ślesicki
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Tomasz Mędrzak as Staś Tarkowski |
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Monika Rosca as Nel Rawlison |
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Emos Bango as Kali |
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Malija Mekki as Mea |
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Stanisław Jasiukiewicz as Władysław Tarkowski |
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Edmund Fetting as Georg Rawlison |
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Zygmunt Maciejewski as Linde |
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Zygmunt Hobot as Kaliopuli |
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Ahmed Marei as Chamis |
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Ahmed Hegazi as Gebhr |
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Ibrahim ElShamy as Idrys |
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Abbas Fares as Trader |
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Abd El Menam as |
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Abu El Fatouh as |
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Fatma Helal as Fatma |
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Mohamed Hamdy as Thadil |
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Hosna Suliman as Dinah |
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Bogomil Simeonov as Bedouin |
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Gavril Gavrilov as Bedouin |
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Stefania Mędrzak as Miss Olivier (uncredited) |
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Jerzy Kamas as Władysław Tarkowski (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Władysław Ślesicki | Director |
| Writing | Henryk Sienkiewicz | Novel |
| Camera | Bogusław Lambach | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Krystyna Rutkowska | Editor |
| Sound | Andrzej Korzyński | Music |
| Writing | Władysław Ślesicki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski | Dialogue |
| Production | Ryszard Straszewski | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Jerzy Laskowski | Production Manager |
| Production | Tadeusz Chojnacki | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Jacek Moczydłowski | Production Manager |
| Production | Tadeusz Slaby | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Jerzy Rutowicz | Production Manager |
| Production | Jeremi Maruszewski | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Ryszard Kirejczyk | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Michał Ratyński | Assistant Production Manager |
| Crew | Franciszek Szydełko | Animal Wrangler |
| Sound | Mahdi Kamel | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Piotr Zawadzki | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Bogusław Drozdowski | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Andrzej Bohdanowicz | Sound |
| Art | Miłko Marinov | Production Design |
| Art | Wiesław Śniadecki | Production Design |
| Art | Jarosław Świtoniak | Production Design |
| Art | Wacław Jesionowski | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Andrzej Korzyński | Conductor |
| Directing | Khairy Beshara | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Sobhi Iskander | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Bogumiła Byczkowska | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Andrzej Wróbel | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Bronislaw Baraniecki | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tadeusz Janczak | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mieczysław Wilczewski | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Izabella Konarzewska | Costume Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wiesław Śniadecki | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joanna Radzka | Costume Assistant |
| Sound | Anna Grabowska | Music Consultant |
| Editing | Jadwiga Lesniewicz | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Teresa Tomaszewska | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Andrzej Korzyński | Original Music Composer |