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Wild Women: Gentle Beasts (2015)

1h 35m

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Wild Women: Gentle Beasts (2015)

Name: Wild Women: Gentle Beasts
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-04-18

1h 35m

Running Time

April 18, 2015
Release Date

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Plot.

Animal tamers from various continents shine in the spotlight and struggle for their existence behind the scenes. Between toiling and smiling, the female circus artists disclose their passion for their 'wild' animals and extraordinary profession: a daily life full of dedication and discipline in the midst of mortal danger.

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Cast & Crew.

Carmen Zander

Namayca Bauer

Nadezhda Takshantova

Aliya Takshantova

Anosa Kouta

Franziska Reck

Producer

Peter Indergand

Director of Photography

Loredana Cristelli

Editor

Guido Helbling

Sound Editor

Christian Beusch

Sound Designer / Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Roman Lerch

Original Music Composer

Ivan Efremov

Self

Dieter Meyer

Sound Mixer

Reto Stamm

Sound Mixer

Anka Schmid

Director / Writer

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Details.

Release Date
April 18, 2015

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 35m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-15

This Movie Is About.

circus

wild animal

animal trainer

lion tamer

woman director

artfilm

Wiki.

Wild Women: Gentle Beasts is a feature documentary by Swiss director Anka Schmid, released in 2015. Schmid documents the life and work of female animal tamers from four nations: Egypt, France, Germany and Russia. The world premiere was at the film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon in April 2015. The international premiere was at the Hof International Film Festival in October 2015.