Savage Man Savage Beast (1975)
October 23, 1975Release Date
Savage Man Savage Beast (1975)
October 23, 1975Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Alberto Moravia
Narrator (voice)
Pit Dernitz
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Giuseppe Rinaldi
Narrator
Ilona Staller
Girl in Isle of Wight (uncredited)
Michele Starck
Girl in Isle of Wight (uncredited)
Mario Morra
Director / Writer / Producer / Editor
Antonio Climati
Director / Writer / Editor / Producer
Carlo Savina
Music
Mario Garriba
Assistant Director
Carlo Bartolucci
Assistant Editor
Danilo Moroni
Sound Mixer
Massimo Quaglia
Assistant Editor
Brandino Rangoni
Location Manager / Assistant Director
Roberto Sterbini
Assistant Editor
Ida Cruciani
Assistant Editor
Armando Bondani
Sound Engineer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 23, 1975
Original NameUltime grida dalla savana
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsIndonesia
Genres
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Wiki.
Ultime grida dalla savana (lit. 'Final Cry from the Savanna'), also known as by its English title Savage Man Savage Beast, is a 1975 Italian mondo documentary film co-produced, co-written, co-edited and co-directed by Antonio Climati and Mario Morra. Filmed all around the world, its central theme focuses on hunting and the interaction between man and animal. Like many mondo films, the filmmakers claim to document real, bizarre and violent behavior and customs, although some scenes were actually staged. It is narrated by the Italian actor and popular dubber Giuseppe Rinaldi and the text was written by Italian novelist Alberto Moravia.
This was the first film of Climati's and Morra's Savage Trilogy, which also includes Savana violenta (This Violent World) and Dolce e selvaggio (Sweet and Savage). Arguably the most notorious film of the trilogy, Ultime grida dalla savana became influential in exploitation cinema by use of cinematographic techniques that were repeated in numerous subsequent Mondo films. Two scenes in particular, a lion attack on a tourist in Namibia and the murder of an indigenous man by a group of mercenaries in South America, have gained notoriety as genuine footage of human death. The film also sparked a rivalry between the team of Climati and Morra and the brothers Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni. These two teams became the forerunners of the second generation of mondo cinema.