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English Titles I

In Desert and Wilderness

Original title: W pustyni i w puszczy
Poland, 2001

Director: Hood, Gavin
Production company: Waldermar Dziki Filmproduction
Co-producers: Vision Film Production, Telewizja Polsat SA
Age recommendation: 10 years and up

Synopsis:
A Polish teenager and his English girlfriend are kidnapped by the rebels during the Mahdi uprising (1883-85). They succeed to escape together with some young black slaves. The white and the black teenagers become friends and together they manage to survive in the African wilderness.

Comments:
Monumental adaption of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel, giant box office success in Poland.

Festivals:
Chemnitz 2001, Sandnes 2001, Olympia 2001, Chicago 2002 (awarded), Vilnius 2004

World sales address/es:
Vision (PL)
Adyton (PL)