Desert Flower

Biography/Book adaptation, United Kingdom/Germany 2009

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The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
128 min
HD
FSK 12
Audio language:
EnglishGerman
Subtitles:
English

Awards

Bayerischer Filmpreis 2009 Best Production
Chicago European Union Film Festival 2011 Audience Award
Golden Rooster Awards 2010 Best International Actress Liya Kebede

More information

Director:

Sherry Hormann

Template:

Waris Dirie (Biographical Novel "Desert Flower")

Editor:

Clara Fabry

Producer:

Peter Herrmann

Cast:

Liya Kebede (Waris Dirie)

Soraya Omar-Scego (Young Waris)

Sally Hawkins (Marylin)

Meera Syal (Pushpa Patel)

Craig Parkinson (Neil)

Timothy Spall (Terry Donaldson)

Prashant Prabhakar (Kami)

Anthony Mackie (Harold Jackson)

Tim Seyfi (Simon)

William de Coverly (Doctor)

Original title:

Desert Flower

Original language:

English

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

EnglishGerman

Audio description:

German

Subtitles:

English