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Serengeti Shall Not Die
“Savage Africa in the raw!”
6.5 / 10• 1959• 1h 25m•NR• German
Documentary
Storyline
The film tells of the beginnings of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. At the end of the 1950s, the Tanzanian National Park Administration wanted to fence in the protected area around the Ngorongoro Crater. Bernhard and Michael Grzimek were invited by the national park administration in 1957 to get a precise picture of the animal migrations and to provide the national park administration with the values they needed for their project. Using a new counting method with two airplanes, the Grzimeks found out that the migration of the herds was different than assumed.
Cast & Crew
HR
Hermann Rockmann
Self - Narrator (voice)
Lead
Bernhard Grzimek
Self (voice)
Holger Hagen
Self (voice)
MG
Michael Grzimek
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bernhard Grzimek's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Serengeti Shall Not Die is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
