Film

Savage Splendor

7.019491hDocumentary

Director: Lewis Cotlow
Year: 1949

Africa's wildest secrets in blazing color!

The film tells of the Armand Denis/Lewis Cotlow expedition that had the two men cover 22,000 miles through Tanganyika, Belgian Congo, and British East Africa. The high points of their ten-month trip are an impressive elephant hunt by the Pygmies of Belgian Congo, the crowning of King Mbofe Mabiashe and the capture of a rhino.

Top cast

Lewis Cotlow

Himself

Armand Denis

Himself

Carr Hartley

Himself

King Mbofe Mabinshe

Himself

Directed by

Lewis Cotlow, Armand Denis

Written by

Richard Hansen

Produced by

Armand Denis