In Desert and Wilderness (2001)

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Country: Poland
Genres: Adventure, Family
Release: 2001-03-23
Director: Gavin Hood
Writers: Gavin Hood , Henryk Sienkiewicz
Language: Polish
Stars: Adam Fidusiewicz , Karolina Sawka , Krzysztof Kowalewski , Artur Zmijewski , Andrzej Strzelecki , Mzwandile Ngubeni , Lingile Shongwe , Konrad Imiela , Agnieszka Pilaszewska , Krzysztof Kolberger
Runtime: 111 min
Awards: 4 wins
AKA: W pustyni i w puszczy (Poland) , Стас и Нели (Bulgaria) , W pustyni i w puszczy , Sivatagban, őserdőben (Hungary) , Przygody dwojga dzieci w Afryce (Poland) , През пустинята и джунглата (Bulgaria) , В пустыне и джунглях (Russian Federation) , In Desert and Wilderness , Stas and Nel Adventures (United States of America)
Plot: When 15 year old Stas Tarkowski and 9 year old Nel Rawlinson are kidnapped by rebels fighting for the great Arab leader - the Mahdi - their fathers desperately organize a search party. But the Mahdi uprising is spreading rapidly across North Africa and the chances of finding the children seem remote. Forced to rely on themselves, Stas and Nel, together with two young African slaves, Mea and Kali, escape their captors and head south across desolate country. In their search for a way home, they must battle wild animals, thunderstorms, hunger and malaria. Their journey to freedom brings them into contact with some colorful adult mentors: Kaliopoli, a displaced Greek, guides Stas through a critical encounter with the great Mahdi and Linde, an eccentric Polish cartographer, himself lost in the jungle, offers hope when Nel comes down with malaria and all hope for her survival seems lost.
IMDB:tt0260522