Serengeti Shall Not Die

Serengeti Shall Not Die
Cover art for the 1992 VHS video release
Directed by	Bernhard Grzimek
Produced by	Bernhard Grzimek
Written by	Bernhard Grzimek
Narrated by	Bernhard Grzimek
Editing by	Klaus Dudenhöfer
Release date(s)	June 25, 1959 (1959-06-25)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Serengeti Shall Not Die (German: Serengeti darf nicht sterben) is a 1959 German documentary film written and directed by Bernhard Grzimek.

His son, the cinematographer Michael Grzimek, died on-location during the filming of the documentary when a plane he piloted collided with a vulture.

References

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 1942–1960

The Battle of Midway, Kokoda Front Line!, Moscow Strikes Back and Prelude to War (1942 - tie) Desert Victory (1943) The Fighting Lady (1944) The True Glory (1945) None given (1946) Design for Death (1947) The Secret Land (1948) Daybreak in Udi (1949) The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) Kon-Tiki (1951) The Sea Around Us (1952) The Living Desert (1953) The Vanishing Prairie (1954) Helen Keller in Her Story (1955) The Silent World (1956) Albert Schweitzer (1957) White Wilderness (1958) Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959) The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960)

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