The scientist Udo Gierer is on the trail of Theodor Koch-Grünberg, the famous Amazon researcher at the beginning of our century. While traveling on a river steamboat, he meets and becomes friends with 14 year old José Junior. He takes José with him on a flight over the rain forest and tells the boy about the importance of the Amazon as the lung of the world.
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Herbert Brödl Director · Jobst Grapow Writer László Németh Cinematographer
First release March 9, 1989 · Produced in Brazil, Austria
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CINEDOC Filmproduktion
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Brazil · Austria
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German
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German
Release dates
Austria · March 9, 1989
Premiere · Viennale
Austria · June 16, 1989
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