After a plane crash a young boy and his dog wander through the Kalahari desert.After a plane crash a young boy and his dog wander through the Kalahari desert.After a plane crash a young boy and his dog wander through the Kalahari desert.
Wynand Uys
- Dirkie
- (as Dirkie Hayes)
Lady Frolic of Belvedale
- Lolly
- (as Lady Frolic Of Belvedale)
Jan Bruyns
- Colonel
- (as Jan Bruijns)
Johan du Plooy
- Jack
- (as Johan Du Plooy)
Jacques Loots
- Doctor
- (as Jaques Loots)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaApart from the practical difficulties associated with filming in the desert, what made this movie even more of a feat was that it was filmed twice; once in Afrikaans and once in English.
- ConnectionsRemade as Papam Pasivaadu (1972)
- SoundtracksWait for Tomorrow
(Title Song)
Sung by Edwin Duff
Written by Jimmy Stewart, Doug Ashdown and Eric Gross
Featured review
A Magical Film
I have just watched this fine film on Talking Pictures, UK, a station that presents almost exclusively films of yesteryear, mainly British, but sometimes foreign.
An exciting story with many incidents that had my wife and I concerned what might happen next.
A 9!
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Lost in the Desert
- Filming locations
- Kalahari Desert, South Africa(filmed in South-West Africa in the Namib Desert Etosha Pan Kalahari Gemsbok Park)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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