In Desert and Wilderness (2001 film)

In Desert and Wilderness
Movie poster
Directed byGavin Hood
Written byGavin Hood
Based onIn Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Produced byWaldemar Dziki, Włodzimierz Otulak
StarringKarolina Sawka
Adam Fidusiewicz
Mzwandile Ngubeni
Lungile Shongwe
CinematographyJacek Januszyk
Music byKrzesimir Dębski
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish
Budget$4.2 million
Box office2.2 million admissions (Poland)[1]

In Desert and Wilderness (Polish: W pustyni i w puszczy) is a 2001 Polish film directed by Gavin Hood.[2] Adapted from the 1911 novel In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz,[3] it tells the story of two children, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by the rebels during Mahdi's rebellion in Sudan.

  1. ^ Hollender, Barbara (24 December 2001). "Homegrown pix gain in Europe". Variety. p. 7.
  2. ^ "W pustyni i w puszczy (film)". FilmPolski (in Polish).
  3. ^ "Biography and Book Database of Henryk Sienkiewicz". Culture. Archived from the original on 27 June 2012.