Desert Flower (2009) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Sherry Hormann.

Cast

• Liya Kebede as Waris Dirie
• Sally Hawkins as Marylin
• Craig Parkinson as Neil
• Meera Syal as Pushpa Patel
• Anthony Mackie as Harold Jackson
• Juliet Stevenson as Lucinda
• Timothy Spall as Terry Donaldson
• Lucrezia Phantazia as Girl in Boardinghouse
• Soraya Omar-Scego as Young Waris
• Anna Hilgedieck as Girl in Shower
• Matthew Alexander Kaufman as Fastfood Manager
• Prashant Prabhakar as Kami
• Tim Seyfi as Simon
• Teresa Churcher as Nurse Anne
• William de Coverly as Doctor
• Nick Raio as Truck Driver New York
• Anastasia Hille as Journalist
• Safa Idriss Nour as Little Waris
• Nigel Betts as Home Office Detective
• Eckart Friz as Spike
• Michele Thevenet as Make Up Artist
• Emma Kay as Immigration Officer

Crew

• Sherry Hormann — Director
• Waris Dirie — Novel
• Ken Kelsch — Director of Photography

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