Filmstill from Howard Hawks' "Hatari!", USA 1962. Scene with Gérard Blain, Hardy Krüger, Red Buttons, John Wayne and Elsa Martinelli
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People stand around a small elephant while a woman lovingly talks to it. Background with trees.
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Eye-to-eye introduction by Swati Thiyagarajan, ecologist, environmentalist and filmmaker, India/South Africa

This film follows a group of hard-nosed, surly men in Tanganyika – now Tanzania – who catch wild animals to sell to western zoos. When a visitor arrives, a photographer from Basle zoo, an enchanting revolution is set in motion as the young woman adopts first one, then two, then three baby elephants. In typical Hollywood style, Hatari! proves how tough guys like John Wayne and Hardy Kruger can be re-educated into gentle giants with the help of baby elephants.

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