Medici volanti dell'Africa orientale, I (1969)
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
Director/Scenario: Werner Herzog – Director of photography: Thomas Mauch – Film editor: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus - Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion - Country: Germany – Running time: 45’
The film:
The documentary shows an independent group of physicians in remote areas of East Africa, and the difficulties they encounter in treating the African patients, who prefer local traditional remedies. A film about the differing mindsets that call for new ways of thinking.
The film restoration:
The preservation of The Flying Doctors of East Africa was conducted by Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino and it was based on the original 35 mm negatives conserved by Werner Herzog Film Archive.
The preservation of the film is part of a project to valorize the works by Werner Herzog, including the homage Signs of life. Tribute to Werner Herzog organized by Museo Nazionale del Cinema in 2008.
The event showed the complete retrospective, the photography exhibition, a concert and a workshop and it was realized together with Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, the Scuola Holden, the Teatro Regio of Torino, the Werner Herzog Film and the German Film.
The preservation was carried out in 2007 at the laboratories ARRI and Geyer.
© Werner Herzog Film
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