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
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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
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Duma - a new Dirkie?
I have just finished watching the film "Duma" on one of the movies channels on Homechoice in the UK and throughout kept having flashes of a film I half remembered which I saw as a kid. At first I thought "Duma" must be a remake but there were too many deviations.
After a phone call to South Africa and a lot of arguing my Mother reminded me that as a kid we saw a movie called "Dirkie" at the drive-in in Joh'burg. I wasn't even at school and she has never yet managed to remember both plot and title.
I was sure she was wrong. I'd never heard of "Dirkie" and then I looked up the title on the Internet and had a great time reading all the comments.
I too remember this poor kid being chased by ostriches and getting stung by a scorpion. And walking for ever through the sand. Were the chapped lips and mouth that was stuck together the reason there was so little dialogue? Or was it that the boy was Afrikaans-speaking and the movie was being sold outside of SA?
So if you want to watch something similar (or perhaps you're a home-sick South African sitting in a freezing cold London) I recommend "Duma". It is a kid's movie but very touching. I think I'll have to find an excuse to watch it again.
After a phone call to South Africa and a lot of arguing my Mother reminded me that as a kid we saw a movie called "Dirkie" at the drive-in in Joh'burg. I wasn't even at school and she has never yet managed to remember both plot and title.
I was sure she was wrong. I'd never heard of "Dirkie" and then I looked up the title on the Internet and had a great time reading all the comments.
I too remember this poor kid being chased by ostriches and getting stung by a scorpion. And walking for ever through the sand. Were the chapped lips and mouth that was stuck together the reason there was so little dialogue? Or was it that the boy was Afrikaans-speaking and the movie was being sold outside of SA?
So if you want to watch something similar (or perhaps you're a home-sick South African sitting in a freezing cold London) I recommend "Duma". It is a kid's movie but very touching. I think I'll have to find an excuse to watch it again.
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- wayne-324
- Feb 4, 2006
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- 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
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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