In Desert and Wilderness | |
Director: | Władysław Ślesicki |
Producer: | Studio Filmowe (d. Zespół Filmowy) Iluzjon |
Music: | Andrzej Korzyński |
Cinematography: | Bogusław Lambach |
Runtime: | 193 minutes |
Country: | Poland |
Language: | Polish |
In Desert and Wilderness (Polish: '''W pustyni i w puszczy''') is a 1973 Polish film directed by Władysław Ślesicki. Adapted from the 1911 novel In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz,[1] it tells the story of two kids, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by the rebels during Mahdi's rebellion in Sudan.
The film is 193 minutes long and is composed of 2 parts which were shown separately in theaters. Work on it started in 1971. It was filmed in Egypt, Sudan and Bulgaria,[2] with an international cast and crew. At the same time, a four-part miniseries was made.[3] It is similar to the film but has some additional scenes as well as some altered scenes. Another adaptation was released in 2001.
The film remains to this day the second most-watched Polish film in cinemas in history with 31 million viewers seeing the film only in the period of the Polish People's Republic (until 1989).[4]