The Hunters

Name: The Hunters
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 h 12 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: John Marshall

IMDb ID: tt0392137 · Rating: 6.9 (126 votes)

Genres: Documentary

This film follows the hunting of a giraffe by four members of the Ju/'hoansi (a !Kung Bushmen tribe) over a 13-day period in the Kalahari desert. The film consists of footage shot in 1952-53 on a Smithsonian-Harvard Peabody expedi...

IMDb Details

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Los cazadoresRuntime72 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews1Critic Reviews0Countries / RegionsUnited StatesLanguagesEnglishKeywordsnational film registry
expedition
hunting
giraffe
native tribeFilming LocationsBotswanaProduction CompaniesFilm Study Center
Harvard University
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Stars

John Marshall

Directors

Robert Gardner
John Marshall

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: John Marshall | Character: Narrator

[Directors Group]
Name: Robert Gardner | Role: Director
Name: John Marshall | Role: Director

[Cinematography Group]
Name: John Marshall | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: John Marshall | Role: Editor

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392137/videogallery/

Release Schedule

United States: 1957
Australia: May 26, 1962 (Adelaide Film Festival)
Germany: May 4, 2001 (Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München)

Awards

Winner | 2003 | National Film Preservation Board, USA | National Film Registry | The Hunters

Box Office

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