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Desert Flower

National Geographic Entertainment | Release Date: March 18, 2011

Summary: When, at the age of 13, Waris Dirie discovers that her father has decided to marry her off as the fourth wife to a considerable older man, the young girl realizes that she has no choice but to flee. In the middle of the night, she steal s away from the desert camp of her nomadic family and makes her way through rocky Somali desert to Mogadishu, where she finds her aunt and grandmother in the chaotic bustle of the Somali Capital. (National Geographic Entertainment)

Details

Runtime:	120 min
Rating:	Rated R for some violent content, a scene of sexuality and language.
Official Site:	http://movies.nationalgeographic.com/movies/desert-flower/
Production:	Bac Films
Genres:	Biography, Drama
Countries:	Germany, UK, Austria
Languages:	English, French, Somali

Director	Credit
Sherry Horman	Director

Writer	Credit
Sherry Horman	Writer
Smita Bhide	Writer
Waris Dirie	Writer

Cast	Credit
Anna Hilgedieck	Tilda
Anthony Mackie	Harold Jackson
Craig Parkinson	Neil
Eckart Friz	Spike
Eliezer Meyer	European Man
Emma Kay	Immigration Officer
Juliet Stevenson	Lucinda
Liya Kebede	Waris Dirie
Matt Kaufman	Burger Bar Manager
Meera Syal	Pushpa Patel
Prashant Prabhakar	Kami
Sally Hawkins	Marylin
Soraya Omar-Scego	Waris (12)
Teresa Churcher	Nurse Anne
Timothy Spall	Terry Donaldson

Producer	Credit
Barbara Seiller	Co-Producer
Benjamin Herrmann	Co-Producer
Bettina Reitz	Commissioning Editor
Danny Krausz	Co-Producer
David Kelly	Co-Producer
Gerhard Hegele	Co-Producer
Hubert von Spreti	Commissioning Editor
Martin Bruce-Clayton	Co-Producer
Peter Heilrath	Associate Producer
Peter Herrmann	Producer
Sabine Schenck	Line Producer: New York
Sigrid Narjes	Associate Producer
Til Schweiger	Co-Producer
Wolfgang Jurgan	Co-Producer