| Serengeti Shall Not Die | |
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Cover art for the 1992 VHS video release | |
| Directed by | Bernhard Grzimek |
| Written by | Bernhard Grzimek |
| Produced by | Bernhard Grzimek |
| Narrated by | Bernhard Grzimek |
| Edited by | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
| Music by | Wolfgang Zeller |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Serengeti Shall Not Die (German : Serengeti darf nicht sterben; also known as Serengeti [1] ) is a 1959 German documentary film written and directed by Bernhard Grzimek.
His son, cinematographer Michael Grzimek, died on-location during the filming of the documentary when a plane he piloted collided with a vulture.
It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1960. [2] [3]