1959
6.1 (12 votes)
1h 25m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Okapia-Film Productions
Asta Motion Pictures
Asta Motion Pictures
Serengeti Shall Not Die (Serengeti darf nicht sterben)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Bernhard Grzimek
Director of Photography: Hermann Gimbel, Richard Graf, Michael Grzimek, Alan Root
Screenplay: Bernhard Grzimek
Producer: Bernhard Grzimek
