Animals Are Beautiful People
- Paddy O'Byrne: narrator
- Holger Hagen: German synchronization
The Animals Are Beautiful is a film directed by Jamie Uys animal from the year 1974.
Action
The film describes the wildlife of the African Namib Desert, the Okavango Basin and the Kalahari Desert. Thus, for instance, the beasts of the desert in search of food and mate choice, weaver birds in the construction of communal nests and lions in taming their unruly offspring. Also shown is how a courageous mother duck their offspring before a hyena saves, by pretending to be injured, and thus draws the attention of hyena up. Also Ostriches are busy not only with a wife, but also trying to protect the newborn offspring before living in the desert people. The mouthbrooders in turn bring their children under at risk in protective mouth.
After enjoying fermenting fruit of the marula tree different animals are as befuddled as the hornbill females " walled " themselves to rear their young in a tree hollow leaves. One can also see people from the San people of different food sources and in teaching their children. To search for water, for example, a monkey is so long tied until he runs out of sheer thirst for the next water point, thereby revealing their location. Recently, the film shows how the suffering of a dry season animals are redeemed by a downpour.
Use of classical music
- A baboon herd turns somersaults to "Hungarian Dance No. 5 " by Johannes Brahms.
- Weaver birds fly to the " Dance of the Hours " from Amilcare Ponchielli's opera " La Gioconda " in their communal nests on and off.
- An ostrich herd moves to the joint No. 2 in C minor from Johann Sebastian Bach's " Well-Tempered Clavier " the heads up and down.
- To " Waltz of the Flowers " from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" blooms on the desert.
- A bath of animals in an oasis is accompanied by music from " The Moldau " Bedrich Smetana from " My Country ".
- The well-being of various animal inhabitants of the desert is expressed by the " Morning Mood " from the " Peer Gynt Suite" by Edvard Grieg.
- When sad march of Pelikan children is the Prelude from La traviata III. To hear act of Giuseppe Verdi.
- Directly after the storm " Les Preludes " by Franz Liszt.
- At the end of the antelopes jump to Carl Maria von Weber's " Invitation to the Dance ".
Awards
In 1975 the film won a Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary. Also in 1975, the film won an American Cinema Editors Award ( Eddie ) for Best Edited documentation.
Reviews
" An informative film about the wildlife in the deserts of Africa, which contains interesting behavioral studies in addition to excellent recordings. No documentary in the strict sense, but an amusing entertainment movie. Despite some lengths worth seeing. "
Continuations
In addition to DVD this film four more sequels are available, but these are significantly shorter each with a length of around 50 minutes.