Ultime grida dalla savana (1975)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Directors:

Antonio Climati
Mario Morra

Writers:

Antonio Climati (story) &
Mario Morra (story)

Release Date:

September 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Horror

Tagline:

Horrific violence, filmed as it happened!

Plot:

A notorious mondo film depicting unbelievable and bizarre rituals, animal killing and cruelty, and people being killed and eaten, all by either animals or humans against each other or themselves.

Plot Keywords:

Animal | Ritual | Lion | Mondo Film | Mondo

Cast

Alberto Moravia

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Narrator (voice)

Also Known As:

La grande caccia (Italy) (short title)
Savage Man Savage Beast (International: English title)
Savage Temptation (USA) (reissue title)
The Great Hunting (USA) (reissue title)
Zumbalah (UK)

Runtime:

94 min | Australia:92 min (cut) | UK:84 min (heavily cut)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:(Banned) (1976-1986) | USA:Open (rating surrendered: 1983) | Australia:R (re-rating: 1986) (heavily cut) | UK:X | USA:X (self applied) | USA:R (rating surrendered: 1978) | Finland:(Banned) | Norway:18 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Alaska, USA

Company:

Titanus

Trivia:

The scene involving the hired guns torturing and killing indigenous South American tribes is staged. The lion attack sequence is also under suspicion as to being staged, but it has not been proven.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the native man is shot by the mercenaries, he is shot in the back but falls backwards, moving against the laws of physics. This is one aspect that proves the scene is a phony.

Quotes:

Narrator: [directly before lions attack a tourist] This sequence is part of the evidence examined by the court in a lawsuit brought by the heirs of the victim against an insurance company.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Africa addio (1966)

Soundtrack:

My Love

WANNA SEE LIONS MAUL A MAN... SURE YOU DO!

This film was not only great but also absolutely repulsive, which I love. The scene where a man is mauled by three hungry lions is very graphic. There are also some scenes where a hippie is breast feeding a goat. Has to be seen to be believed. I gave it a ten