Instinct for Survival

Original title: Bij de beesten af

1972
G
1h 44m

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Documentary that explores the differences and similarities between human behavior and that of animals.Documentary that explores the differences and similarities between human behavior and that of animals.Documentary that explores the differences and similarities between human behavior and that of animals.

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7.7/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Bert Haanstra

Narrator
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Anton Koolhaas

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Stephen Murray

Narrator (British English language version)
(voice)

Alexander Scourby

Narrator (US English language version)
(voice)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Randee Lynne Jensen

Girl at Beach
(uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Bert Haanstra needed three years to finish this movie.

Connections
Featured in Eurythmics: The King and Queen of America (1990)

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10/10

A soap animal documentary

Most documentaries about animals tell you have they live and reproduce. In this one by the great Bert Haantsra you witness a kind of soap-episode. He gives names to the monkeys and he follows them for a long period. Although the chimps live in a zoo, you get a great inside look on how these animals behave and interact with each other. The climax of the film is when Haanstra places a fake lion to see how the chimps react.