Film
Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats
2019 · 52m · Documentary
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Overview
Africa's giant rats – the size of a cat – can be trained to detect land-mines by smelling them. Giant rats are clever and they learn fast. Their sense of smell is better than a dog's, they have more stamina, and they're a lot cheaper to train. This documentary follows "Miss Marple", who was born in a training lab and who goes through a year's training before being sent on her first mission to Mozambique. A shorter version (43 minutes) screened at festivals in 2009 but was never widely released.
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Cast
Crew
- Herbert OstwaldWriter · Director
- Uli VeithProducer
- Bernd WiltingExecutive Producer
- Norbert RöttcherDirector of Photography
- Roland GockelDirector of Photography
- Mark JoggerstOriginal Music Composer
- Jan Stefan KolbeEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 2019
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
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