LES GRANDS FLEUVES DU CONGO BELGE
Prod.: Éclair 35mm. L.: 309 m. D.: 13’ a 20 f/s. Bn.
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T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source
Film Notes
In this short documentary film we follow the cameraman on a journey to the heart of the African continent. We discover a natural world which is Eden-like in its perfection – and the very opposite of the wasted battlefields of Europe – and we encounter local people who, despite their lack of modernity, are happy and at peace. Man before the Fall, according to this allegory, is free from guilt; and the concept of the ‘noble savage’ is never invoked more often than when so-called ‘civilisation’ is going through a difficult patch.
Karl Wratschko