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Bernhard Grzimek
Neisse, Silesia, Germany [now Nysa, Opolskie, Poland]
Bernhard Grzimek was a German veterinarian, zoologist, animal rights activist, and behavioral scientist, long-time director of Frankfurt Zoo, wildlife filmmaker, author and editor…
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Bernhard Grzimek was a German veterinarian, zoologist, animal rights activist, and behavioral scientist, long-time director of Frankfurt Zoo, wildlife filmmaker, author and editor of animal books, an encyclopedia of the animal kingdom named after him, and president of the Frankfurt Zoological Society. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was Germany's best-known animal expert, regularly appearing on television programs for Hessischer Rundfunk. His documentary film Serengeti Shall Not Die was the first German film after World War II to win an Oscar in 1960. He initially published under the pseudonym Clemens Hoffbauer.
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2002
Planet Wissen
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1982
Hochkant
Movie Prolog
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1980
Heut' abend
TV show Self
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1977
Auf los geht's los
TV show Self
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1976
Das ist Ihr Leben
TV show Self
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1964
Die Drehscheibe
TV show Self
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1959
Serengeti Shall Not Die
Movie Self (voice)
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1958
Schwalben am Spieß
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1957
Zum blauen Bock
TV show Self
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1956
Ein Platz für Tiere
TV show Self - Host
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1956
No Place for Wild Animals
Movie Director
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1955
Ein Fabeltier fliegt nach Deutschland
Movie Director
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1955
Auf Nilpferdpfaden
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1954
Gast der Bambuti
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1953
Besuch bei Tieren
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1951
Ein Tag im Frankfurter Zoo
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1948
Bambi
TV show Self
