| In Desert and Wilderness | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Władysław Ślesicki |
| Written by | Władysław Ślesicki, Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel) |
| Produced by | Studio Filmowe (d. Zespół Filmowy) Iluzjon |
| Cinematography | Bogusław Lambach |
| Music by | Andrzej Korzyński |
Release date | 1973 |
Running time | 193 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
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]
