Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959)

Original title

Serengeti darf nicht sterben

Directed by

Michael Grzimek, Bernhard Grzimek

Genre

nature documentary

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German father and son film the wildlife of the Serengeti plains in Africa. They document the animals and advocate for the preservation of their habitat.

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What happens

Serengeti Shall Not Die (German: Serengeti darf nicht sterben; also known as Serengeti ) is a 1959 German documentary film written and directed by Bernhard Grzimek. It was also the title of a book written by Bernhard Grzimek (with his son Michael included as a coauthor) which was published in 1961, translated from German and published by E. P. Dutton and Co., New York. His son, cinematographer Michael Grzimek, died on-location during the filming of the documentary when a plane he piloted collided with a vulture. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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