In Desert and Wilderness (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 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.
Director:
Władysław Ślesicki
Writer:
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 |