The Flying Doctors of East Africa (1970)
45m
Running Time
May 2, 1970Release Date
The Flying Doctors of East Africa (1970)
45m
Running Time
May 2, 1970Release Date
Advertisement
Plot.
The Flying Doctors of East Africa (German: Die Fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika) is a 1969 documentary film by Werner Herzog about the "flying doctors" service of the African Medical and Research Foundation in Tanzania, Kenya, and Nairobi.
Where to Watch.
No streaming offers found
Cast & Crew.
Wilfried Klaus
Narrator
Eleonore Semler
Executive Producer
Werner Herzog
Director
Thomas Mauch
Cinematographer
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Editor
Michael Woods
Self
Details.
Release DateMay 2, 1970
Original NameDie fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika
StatusReleased
Running Time45m
Genres
Advertisement
Wiki.
The Flying Doctors of East Africa (German: Die Fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika) is a 1969 documentary film by Werner Herzog about the "flying doctors" service of the African Medical and Research Foundation in Tanzania and Kenya. The film is a fairly conventional documentary made during the filming of Herzog's more stylized films Fata Morgana and Even Dwarfs Started Small.Herzog was asked to make this film by some friends of the doctors themselves.
The film consists mostly of factual accounts of the doctors' service, mostly avoiding the surrealism and stylizations that characterize the typical Herzog film. Herzog has said, "I do not even call it a film, it is much more a Bericht, a report."