Jangada
5.3
In this follow up to the mondo success "Anaconda", the explorer Rolf Blomberg travels into Brazil's jungle in search of the terrifying Xavante indians. The expedition starts at the harbor town Belém at the end of the Amazon river, and continues inwards from there. In the ghost town Manaus, in the middle of the jungle, we visit the strange opera house (that is depicted in Herzog's Fitzcarraldo). On the river island Bananal in Rio Araguaya we meet the indian tribe Carajá and experience their daily life with bow hunting, fishing and dance rituals. at Rio das Mortes in Mato Grosso we win the friendship of the terrifying Xavante indians. After a visit to Rio de Janeiro the expedition continues to the Atlantic coast and Portaleza whose population of fishermen still use a primitive fishing raft, "jangada", for their long and dangerous hunting journeys at sea.
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Torgny Anderberg Director · João G. Martin Writer
First release August 10, 1958 · Produced in Brazil, Sweden · Languages Portuguese, Swedish
Production
Nordisk Tonefilm
Production
Brazil · Sweden
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Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Portuguese · Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · August 10, 1958
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
March 6, 1959
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