The funny world of animals
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| German title | The funny world of animals |
| Original title | Animals Are Beautiful People |
| Country of production | South Africa |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1974 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jamie Uys |
| script | Jamie Uys |
| production | Jamie Uys, Boet Troskie |
| camera | Jamie Uys |
| cut | Jamie Uys |
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The Funny World of Animals is a 1974 South African animal film directed by Jamie Uys .
action
The film describes the fauna of the African Namib Desert , the Okavango Basin and the Kalahari . For example, you can see the animals of the desert looking for food and choosing a partner, weaver birds building community nests and lions taming their rebellious offspring. It also shows how a courageous mother duck saves her offspring from a hyena by pretending to be injured and thus attracting the hyena's attention. Ostriches , too, are not only busy with the bridal show, but also with protecting the newly hatched offspring from the people living in the desert. The mouthbrooders, on the other hand, place their offspring in the protective mouth in case of danger.
After enjoying the fermenting fruits of the marula tree , various animals feel as if they are foggy, while the female hornbill can be walled into a tree cavity to raise the offspring. You can also see people from the San people gathering food and teaching their children. To search for water, for example, a monkey is tied up until it is thirsty and runs to the next water point, revealing its location. Finally, the film shows how animals suffering from a dry season are redeemed by a downpour.
Use of classical music
- A herd of baboons does somersaults to the Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms .
- Weaver birds fly in and out of their community nests for the dance of the hours from Amilcare Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda .
- A herd of ostriches moves their heads up and down to fugue No. 2 in C minor from Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier .
- To the waltz of flowers from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, the desert blossoms.
- A bath for the animals in an oasis is accompanied by music from Die Moldau from Bedřich Smetana's My Fatherland .
- The well-being of various animal inhabitants of the desert is expressed by the morning mood from the Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg .
- The prelude from the 3rd act of Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata can be heard during the sad march of the pelican children .
- Immediately afterwards the thunderstorm: Les Preludes by Franz Liszt .
- At the end the antelopes jump to Carl Maria von Weber's invitation to dance .
Awards
In 1975 the film won a Golden Globe for best documentary. He also won an American Cinema Editors Award ( Eddie ) in 1975 for best documentary editing.
Reviews
“An informative film about the animal world in the deserts of Africa, which, in addition to excellent recordings, contains interesting behavioral studies. Not a documentary in the strict sense, but an amusing entertainment film. Worth seeing despite some lengths. "
Sequels
In addition to this film, four sequels are available on DVD, each of which, however, is significantly shorter with a length of around 50 minutes.
Web links
- Animals Are Beautiful People in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ German synchronous files - Holger Hagen
- ↑ The funny world of animals. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .