| Serengeti Shall Not Die | |
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Cover art for the 1992 VHS video release
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| Directed by | Bernhard Grzimek |
| Produced by | Bernhard Grzimek |
| Written by | Bernhard Grzimek |
| Narrated by | Bernhard Grzimek |
| Edited by | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
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Release date
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June 25, 1959 |
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Running time
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85 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Serengeti Shall Not Die (German: Serengeti darf nicht sterben) is a 1959 German documentary film written and directed by Bernhard Grzimek.
His son, the 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 1959.