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User Rating:
6.3/10   1,024 votes
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Writers:
Paolo Cavara (writer)
Gualtiero Jacopetti (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
30 March 1962 (Italy) more
Genre:
Tagline:
All The Scenes You Will See In This Film Are True And Taken Only From Life...If Often They Are Shocking It Is Because There Are Many Astounding, Even Unbelievable Things In This World more
Plot:
The original "shockumentary" consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rituals, cruel behavior, and animal violence. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
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Cast

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Rossano Brazzi ... Himself
Stefano Sibaldi ... Narrator (voice)
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Directed by
Paolo Cavara 
Gualtiero Jacopetti 
Franco Prosperi  (as Franco E. Prosperi)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Paolo Cavara  writer
Gualtiero Jacopetti  writer

Produced by
Gualtiero Jacopetti .... producer
 
Original Music by
Riz Ortolani 
 
Cinematography by
Antonio Climati 
Benito Frattari 
 
Film Editing by
Gualtiero Jacopetti 
 
Music Department
Nino Oliviero .... composer: song "More"
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Dog's Life
Mondo Cane No. 1 (USA) (reissue title)
Tales of the Bizarre: Rites, Rituals and Superstitions (USA) (video box title)
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Runtime:
108 min | UK:91 min (cut) | USA:97 min (re-release: 1970)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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Certification:
USA:R | UK:R (original rating: 1962) | UK:X (re-rating: 1963) (cut) | Finland:K-16 | Italy:VM18 | Norway:16 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | West Germany:18 (nf) (w)
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Trivia:
The film was initially rejected for UK cinema and only passed in 1963 after 14 minutes of cuts with heavy edits to the animal killings, scenes showing German drug addicts, and the killing of a man by a bull. more
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Soundtrack:
Ti guardeṛ nel cuore (More) more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
misunderstood, 22 July 2003
Author: abxy6000 from Toronto, Ontario

Although i cannot say that this was an especially good movie, I can say that you should not see it as an exploitation of other cultures, but as a view of the world from an indifferent point of view. Even though the film might have been made as a way of shocking viewers and making a profit, you should take from it the fact that what seems shocking or unusual by us can be of nature to others, and things we do in our everyday lives can seem shocking to others. i give it a 6/10.

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