Desert Flower
7.3
“The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.”
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
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Cast
22 people
Liya Kebede
Waris Dirie
Known for
The Best Offer
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
Sally Hawkins
Marylin
Known for
The Shape of Water
Blue Jasmine
Craig Parkinson
Neil
Known for
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Misfits
Meera Syal
Pushpa Patel
Known for
The Wheel of Time
Yesterday
Anthony Mackie
Harold Jackson
Known for
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Altered Carbon
Juliet Stevenson
Lucinda
Known for
Secret Invasion
Atlantis
Timothy Spall
Terry Donaldson
Known for
The Last Samurai
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lucrezia Phantazia
Girl in Boardinghouse
Also in
Partly Sunny
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Soraya Omar-Scego
Young Waris
No other roles listed
Anna Hilgedieck
Girl in Shower
Also in
Kommissar Stolberg
Traumfabrik
Matthew Alexander Kaufman
Fastfood Manager
Also in
A Closed Book
Nightride
Prashant Prabhakar
Kami
Known for
3 Türken und ein Baby
Sherry Hormann Director · Waris Dirie Author Ken Kelsch Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $15M · United States release October 9, 2009 · Produced in Austria, Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$14,682,943
Production
Backup Media
Production
Desert Flower
Production
Majestic Film
Production
MTM West Television & Film
Production
Dor Film
Production
Bac Films
Production
Dolphin Film Production
Production
Schenk Productions
Production
The Match Factory
Production
BSI International Invest
Production
Torus
Production
Austria · Germany · France · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Somali
Release dates
Austria · September 24, 2009
Digital
Germany · September 24, 2009
Theatrical
United States · October 9, 2009
Theatrical
Greece
March 11, 2010 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
June 20, 2012 · Theatrical
Italy
April 14, 2016 · Theatrical
Poland
March 26, 2010 · Digital
Portugal
June 24, 2010 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 13, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
October 8, 2009 · Digital
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