The Lamb
The Sheltering Desert (1991)
The Sheltering Desert film was a co-production between Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
The Sheltering Desert is also the name of the book the film is based upon. It is an autobiographical account written by Henno Martin.
In 1935, two German geologists, Henno Martin and Hermann Korn, leave Nazi Germany for South-West Africa (Namibia) to conduct field research. At the outbreak of WWII, many male Germans living in South-West Africa are interned in local camps. As pacifists the two German scientists refuse to be arrested and flee into the Namib Desert. They live for over two years in the vastness of the desert like acient bushmen under indescribable circumstances, facing the challenge to survive and, at the same time, the threat to be detected.
Oh the radio they follow the war events in Europe. Their adventure comes to an end when Hermann Korn starts suffering seriously from malnutritiion.
The Sheltering Desert
Full Length Movie