Serengeti Shall Not Die (German: Serengeti darf nicht sterben; also known as Serengeti [1]) is a 1959 German documentary film written and directed by Bernhard Grzimek.
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Directed by | Bernhard Grzimek |
Written by | Bernhard Grzimek |
Produced by | Bernhard Grzimek |
Narrated by | Bernhard Grzimek |
Edited by | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
Music by | Wolfgang Zeller |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
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.[2][3]