Through desert and wilderness (novel)
Through desert and wilderness ( Polish : W pustyni iw puszczy ) is an adventure novel by the Polish writer and Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz .
action
The Sudan during the uprising against the English : Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, children of Poland and an Englishman who as engineers on the Suez Canal work are kidnapped by insurgents. The children can escape from captivity. Accompanied by the Africans Kali and Mea, you cross the African desert. Eventually they meet their fathers again.
publication
In 1910 and 1911 W pustyni iw puszczy appeared as a sequel in the Warsaw Courier . Sienkiewicz drew on his own experiences from a trip to Africa for his work.
Film adaptations
The novel has been filmed twice so far:
In 1973 the two-part feature film Through Desert and Jungle was released , from which a four-part mini - series was cut in 1974 . It is one of the most successful Polish films in Poland.
In 2001 there was a remake called Through Desert and Wilderness , directed by Gavin Hood .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Through desert and jungle on filmlandpolen.de, accessed on July 29, 2019
- ↑ Biography of the leading actress , accessed on July 29, 2019