Swimmers in the Desert (2001)

Swimmers in the Desert (2001) - Documentary Movies 110 minutes. Swimmers in the Desert. The true life story and adventures of László Almásy, the 'English patient', who crossed Africa in 1929 with the father of filmmaker Kurt Mayer: These events provide the motivation and outline for a critical journey through 'men's domains' in Cairo, London and Vienna. Navigation in the expanses of the memory - the dream of flying, documents from the war and of an unrequited love... egypt, sudan, male homosexuality, desert, laszlo almasy