Academy Awards, USA 1962
| Winner Oscar | Best Documentary, Features Arthur Cohn René Lafuite |
Embassy Pictures
Directed by Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
French and Dutch explorers, led by Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, take an expedition into uncharted parts of New Guinea. They start on the southern coast, where nearly 200 years earlier James Cook had landed, and hope to reach the northern coast in a few months. They travel mostly by river, stopping to interact with local natives along the way. Most are friendly, though their customs range from the strange to the completely bizarre. As they approach the interior the terrain becomes mountainous and they abandon the river. Their hike over the freezing mountains is followed by an impossible journey through a jungle, where they are accosted by flies and leeches and the mud is up to their ankles. Somehow, they reach their destination, months overdue, and exhausted. Riveting story, especially for its time, though the narration by William Peacock is monotonous.
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