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The Living Desert

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7.1(69)19531h 9m2

Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between desert creatures of every shape, size and description.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
German
Part of True-Life Adventures Collection · 15 films
  • animal species
  • animal attack
  • wilderness
  • survival
  • animals
  • nature
  • wildlife reserve

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

James Algar

Produced in

United States of America

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Videos

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical10 Nov 1953
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival25 Mar 1954
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical022 Jun 1954
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG11 Feb 1955
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalPG1214 Jan 1955
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical710 Nov 1953

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The Living Desert was released on 10 November 1953.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    6/7/2025

    6/10

    There’s a fun scene in this documentary that sees a tiny little mouse try to burrow it’s way out of the jaws of a rattlesnake only to find it’s assisted by a very unlikely ally - a tarantula! That should give you a clue as to the content of this film that very much does what it says on the can. Using some intimate (and probably patient) photographic techniques, we spend time in the arid wilderness of Death and Monume…

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