Dirkie (1969)
1h 24m
Running Time
November 6, 1969Release Date
Plot.
An 8-year-old boy and his dog are left to face a vast desert wasteland alone after a plane crash, while an army of men and machines penetrate the desert searching for them. Based on true events.
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Cast & Crew.
Wynand Uys
Dirkie
Jamie Uys
Anton
Lady Frolic of Belvedale
Lolly
Sue Burman
Joan
Wilhelm Esterhuizen
Smitty
Jan Bruijn
Colonel
Gilbert Gibson
Composer
Gilbert Gibson
Composer
Details.
Wiki.
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. 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".