The Sheltering Desert

02/01/1991

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1hr 35min

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Adventure

,War

STORY

In 1935 two German geologists, Henno Martin and Hermann Korn, leave Nazi Germany for South-West Africa (Namibia) to conduct field research. At the outbreak of the Second World War, many male Germans living in South-West Africa are interned in local camps. As pacifists the two German scientists refuse to be arrested and flee into the Namib Desert. They live for over two years in the vastness of the desert like ancient bushmen under indescribable circumstances, facing the challenge to survive and, at the same time, the threat to be detected. On the radio they follow the war events in Europe. Their adventure comes to an end when Hermann Korn starts suffering seriously from malnutrition.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jason Connery
  • Rupert Graves
  • Joss Ackland
  • Kate Normington
  • John Carson

    Director

  • Regardt van den Bergh

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Ireland
  • South Africa
  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English