In Desert and Wilderness
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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.
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Cast
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Tomasz Mędrzak
Staś Tarkowski
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Monika Rosca
Nel Rawlison
Emos Bango
Kali
Malija Mekki
Mea
Stanisław Jasiukiewicz
Władysław Tarkowski
Known for
Mother Joan of the Angels
Four Tank-Men and a Dog
Edmund Fetting
Georg Rawlison
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Clouds of War
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Zygmunt Maciejewski
Linde
Also in
Man on the Tracks
Pedestrian Subway
Zygmunt Hobot
Kaliopuli
Known for
A Generation
Ahmed Marei
Chamis
Known for
The Night of Counting the Years
The Message
Ahmed Hegazi
Gebhr
Known for
The Night of Counting the Years
Ibrahim ElShamy
Idrys
Also in
The Honey and The Tears
Neither Seen, Nor Known
Abbas Fares
Trader
Also in
The Will
The Beast
Władysław Ślesicki Director · Henryk Sienkiewicz Author Andrzej Korzyński Composer
United States release November 11, 1973 · Produced in Poland · Production State Corporation for Cinema, Studio Filmowe Iluzjon
Production
Zespół Filmowy "Iluzjon"
Production
State Corporation for Cinema
Production
Studio Filmowe Iluzjon
Production
Poland
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Original title
W pustyni i w puszczy
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · October 13, 1973
Premiere · Official Premiere in Katowice
Poland · October 16, 1973
Theatrical
United States · November 11, 1973
Theatrical
Germany
February 17, 2015 · Physical · DVD-Veröffentlichung
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