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:

Mondo Film | Kenya | Mau Mau | Narration | Political Uprising

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Sergio Rossi	...	Narrator (voice)
Ian Yule	...	Mercenary (uncredited)

Directed by
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Franco Prosperi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gualtiero Jacopetti		writer
Franco Prosperi		writer

Produced by
Angelo Rizzoli	....	producer

Original Music by
Riz Ortolani

Cinematography by
Antonio Climati

Film Editing by
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Franco Prosperi

Production Management
Stanis Nievo	....	production manager (as Stanislao Nievo)

Sound Department
Fausto Ancillai	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Tonino Cacciottolo	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Federico Abussi	....	assistant camera
Ugo Valenti	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Maria Gianandrea	....	assistant editor
Clara Mattei	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Paolo Ketoff	....	technical supervisor

Production Companies

• Cineriz

Distributors

• Rizzoli (1967) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Cinemation Industries (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (retitled re-release) (dubbed)
• Blue Underground (2003) (USA) (DVD) (director's cut) (English version)
• Shocking Videos (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Shockwave Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Adios Africa (USA)
Africa Blood and Guts (USA) (cut version)
Farewell Africa (UK) (video title)

Runtime:

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

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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

Edited into Final Journeys (1998) (V)

Damning Documentary of Humanity

Sent to Africa to make the next Mondo Cane movie the film makers found themselves in the middle of several revolutions. What they would film would form the basis of a damning attack on everyone, both black and white, involved in the shift in power on the Dark Continent.

I've watched the three versions of this film and I'm a fan of all of them. Interestingly the one I like the least is the original cut of the film which has several snide comments and re-dubbed voices that make the film truly rude and cruel for no good reason. The original cut goes out of its way to have a holier than thou view that is missing from both of the English cuts. The original cut also has several more minutes of animal cruelty that is completely uncalled for.

This film ran into serious trouble upon its original release because charges were brought, though later found to be false, that the film makers had paid some of the soldiers to kill some one so that they could film it. (this charge would form the basis for The Wild Eye, a fictional film about the making of a mondo movie made by another Mondo Cane director) Considering all of the the death and destruction in this film I find it hard to believe that anyone would have had to have been paid to kill anyone.

Yes, its a tough film, but it leaves no one with clean hands, even the film makers.

See this film. It will make you think.