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Lost in the Desert
1969 South African film
| Lost in the Desert | |
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DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Jamie Uys |
| Written by | Jamie Uys |
| Produced by | Jamie Uys |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Classical piano |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | South Africa |
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Lost in the Desert, initially released as Dirkie, is a 1969 South African film written, produced and directed by Jamie Uys under the name of Jamie Hayes.
Wynand uys biography
It was filmed in Techniscope and Technicolor. Uys himself plays Anton De Vries, a concert pianist whose 8-year-old son Dirkie is the central character. Dirkie is played by Uys's real-life son Wynand Uys, credited as Dirkie Hayes.
The plot was paralleled two years later by the far more successful "Walkabout".
Plot
Eight-year-old Dirkie DeVries (Wynand Uys, credited as Dirkie Hayes), is flying with his Uncle Pete (Pieter Hauptfleisch) and his dog a Cairn Terrier, across the Kalahari Desert in a small plane, piloted