Africa addio (1966)

Directors:

Gualtiero Jacopetti
Franco Prosperi

Writers:

Gualtiero Jacopetti (writer)
Franco Prosperi (writer)

Release Date:

11 February 1966 (Italy)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

You May LOVE It! You May HATE It! But You'll Not FORGET It!

Plot:

The second official sequel to the original shockumentary, displaying cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.

Plot Keywords:

Execution | Mau Mau | Mondo | Shockumentary | Actual Animal Killed

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Sergio Rossi

...

Narrator (voice)

Also Known As:

Adios Africa (USA)
Africa Blood and Guts (USA) (cut version)
Africaddio (Italy) (DVD box title)
Farewell Africa (UK) (video title)
Africa addio (Sweden) [sv]
Afrika adio (Greece) [el]
Hyvästi, Afrikka! (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

140 min | Sweden:116 min | USA:83 min (1970 release) | USA:122 min | Norway:124 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2003) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | West Germany:18 (heavily cut) (video premiere) | Finland:(Banned) (1967) | Finland:K-16 (re-rating: 1968) (cut) | USA:R | UK:X (heavily cut) | Italy:VM18 | Italy:VM14 (DVD) | Australia:R | Sweden:15

Company:

Cineriz

Trivia:

Despite having almost half of the original material removed, the English print under the title Africa Blood and Guts is noted as being more gruesome than the original, uncut print, as any scenes of pleasantness or history have been removed, leaving only the most violent and disturbing footage untouched.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Godfathers of Mondo (2003) (V)

Impressive

This just aired on the small (digital) "culture" channel here in Finland. I am not sure whether this was the censored or the uncensored version - if this was the censored one I don't even want to think about what might be in the uncensored version.

Very very very impressive photography and - above all - editing. It *is* in parts very gruesome (esp. animal lovers should be prepared for some depictions of mindless cruelty) - but it also shows beautiful things, black, white, animal and floral.

That this is hard to come by today I can understand, it is just impossible politically incorrect (and must have been so at the time too). The makers of this movie seem to sympathise with everyone and no-one