Africa: Blood and Guts

Original title: Africa addio

1966
R
2h 2m

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The cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.The cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.The cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.

Directors
- Gualtiero Jacopetti
- Franco Prosperi
Writers
- Gualtiero Jacopetti
- Franco Prosperi
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7.0/10

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Directors
- Gualtiero Jacopetti
- Franco Prosperi
Writers
- Gualtiero Jacopetti
- Franco Prosperi
Stars

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination

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Sergio Rossi

Narrator
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Gualtiero Jacopetti

Self
(uncredited)

Jomo Kenyatta

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Julius Nyerere

Self
(uncredited)

Moise Tshombe

Self
(uncredited)

Richard Gordon Turnbull

Self
(uncredited)

Ian Yule

Self
(uncredited)

Directors
- Gualtiero Jacopetti
- Franco Prosperi
Writers
- Gualtiero Jacopetti
- Franco Prosperi
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Trivia
Three well-known persons appear uncredited: Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, Richard Gordon Turnbull, the last colonial governor of Tanganyika, and Moise Tshombe, a Congolese politician who returned to Congo to "stop the rebellion" and died three years after this film was made.

Goofs
There's a scene that shows bodies lined on the ground outside because of lack of space in the morgue, and are surrounded by birds. The subtitles say "The vultures are patiently waiting for their turn, after the operation." The birds are not vultures, but pelicans.

Quotes
[last lines]
Narrator: At the end of the Ice Age, a warm current broke this little colony of penguins off of the glaciers of the south and carried them here on huge rafts of ice that melted in the sun. Isolated and without the possibility of returning to their original homeland, they have for centuries been strangers in a strange land that is becoming more and more heated and hostile toward them surrounded by a sea that grows higher and more and more filled with rage. Perhaps a little peace will descend upon these waters sooner or later, before a wave stronger than the others tears them away forever from this last rock that forms the geographic end of the Dark Continent.

Alternate versions
Before receiving a UK cinema certificate the film was cut by over 12 minutes and was missing all footage of rotting human corpses and animal killings.

Connections
Edited into Savage Man Savage Beast (1975)

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6/10

Africa Addio

Africa Addio, is an Italian film with English subtitles. The film is a documentary about Africa, including scenes of animals being poached, a civil war and a revolution and a bunch of tribes being slaughtered. The film came out in Italy in 1966 and then came to North America in 1970 entitled Africa: Blood And Guts, and had 37 minutes cut from it's running time. Winner of The David Award for Best Production at The David Di Donatello Awards. The version I saw of the film was the 139 minute director's cut. The film is a very good looking film with great cinematography and production design. The film is also very interesting and is very powerful and disturbing with some of the images it shows us. After awhile the film started to feel long though and felt like it dragged on a little bit too much the last half hour or so. Some parts were also a little confusing but generally this is an entertaining, interesting and powerful film that is just as shocking now as it was in the 60's.