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Jungle Beyond (1950)

Jungle Beyond poster
Original title
Gjensyn med jungelfolket
Directed by
Per Høst
Genre
documentary film
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Norwegian documentary filmed during three expeditions in Panama and Colombia from 1948 to 1950. It shows the lives of indigenous people in the jungle. The film was first released in Norway in 1950, and a sound version came out in 1954.

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What happens

Förbjuden djungel (originaltitel Gjensyn med jungelfolket) är en norsk-svensk dokumentärfilm från 1950. Filmen regisserades av Per Høst och spelades in under tre expeditioner i Panama och Colombia mellan 1948 och 1950. Filmen var ursprungligen en helnorsk produktion och hade premiär den 13 november 1950 på biografen Klingenberg i Oslo. En internationell version sammanställdes 1954 i samarbete med Sverige. Denna version hade svensk premiär på biografen Esplanad i Stockholm och var till skillnad från originalversionen försedd med ljud. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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