Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1959, Serengeti Shall Not Die is a documentary film directed by Bernhard Grzimek, running about 85 minutes.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. Serengeti Shall Not Die stars Bernhard Grzimek as Kommentar, Holger Hagen as Kommentar, Hermann Rockmann as Erzähler and Michael Grzimek as Himself.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.4/10, Serengeti Shall Not Die has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Serengeti Shall Not Die page.

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