The scientist Udo Gierer is on the trail of Theodor Koch-Grünberg, the famous Amazon researcher at the beginning of our century. While traveling on a river steamboat, he meets and becomes friends with 14 year old José Junior. He takes José with him on a flight over the rain forest and tells the boy about the importance of the Amazon as the lung of the world.
Crew
Herbert Brödl
Director, Production Manager, Original Story
Jobst Grapow
Writer
Margot Neubert-Marić
Editor
László Németh
Director of Photography
Thomas Rancka
Sound Mixer
Mário Masetti
Sound
Sergio Boré
Music
Carsten von Stanislawski
Music
Ronaldo F. Nascimento
Music
Heinz Dieter Clausen
Production Manager
Maria Inês Villares
Art Direction