Directed by: Gavin Hood

Script: Gavin Hood, Robert Brutter, Maciej Dutkiewicz, based on a novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Cinematography: Paul Gilpin

Music: Krzesimir Dębski

Producer: Włodzimierz Otulak, Waldemar Dziki

Cast : Adam Fidusiewicz, Karolina Sawka, Artur Zmijewski, Andrzej Strzelecki, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Agnieszka Pilaszewska, Krzysztof Kolberger, Konrad Imiela, Lingile Shongwe, Mzwandile Ngubeni

About movie

This internationally critically acclaimed and award-winning film, shot in North Africa with a multi-million dolars budget, is based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature.

At the end of the 19th century two kids - children of engineers working on the Suez Canal - are kidnapped in the heart of the African continent. The children manage to escape from the hands of their captors along with two African children and embark on a journey across the harsh yet breathtakingly beautiful African landscape. It is not an easy task. Amidst the wilderness and the fires of local wars, they are faced with many obstacles and terrifying adventures. They also have some fun as they learn about life on their quest to return home.

Gavin Hood

Actor, director, writer, and producer. Graduated from London's The Actors Centre, Hollywood's Film Actors Workshop Studio, and University of California in Los Angeles.

1998 Storekeeper
1999 Reasonable man
2001 In Desert and Wilderness