Serengeti Symphony (1998)

Directed by

Hugo van Lawick

Genre

documentary, music

Country

Tanzania, Netherlands

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This nature documentary shows animals living in the Serengeti. It uses classical music instead of spoken narration. The film captures daily life among the wildlife in Tanzania.

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What happens

Serengeti Symphony is a 1998 Dutch nature documentary film directed by Hugo van Lawick. The film focuses on animal life in the Serengeti in Tanzania. The film lacks narration except for the beginning and ending portions, instead relying on arrangements of classical music by composers such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy, and Modest Mussorgsky. The film is shot in Serengeti National Park. The film was released on 8 October 1998 by Buena Vista International under the Walt Disney Pictures banner. It received positive reviews from critics. The film was released on VHS by Buena Vista Home Entertainment on 10 February 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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