Lost in the Desert
1969 • 98 minutes
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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. 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".
The plot was paralleled two years later by the far more successful "Walkabout".
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