In Desert and Wilderness – Polish Film Festival

A screen adaptation of the last finished novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Nel was modelled on his friend’s 10-year-old adopted daughter, whereas the original engineer Tarkowski was engineer Mieczysław Gieniusz, who worked at the construction of the Suez Canal. The only son of Gieniusz was abducted by slave traders and he has never been seen again. Sienkiewicz used his story when writing “In Desert and Wilderness” and Gavin Hood successfully transferred it onto the screen.