Le Peuple migrateur (2001)
Directed by Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud

Documentary
aka: Winged Migration

Film Synopsis

Migratory birds have to travel thousands of miles each year if they are to survive.  Across forests, oceans, polar wastelands and deserts they fly, facing not only natural threats such as extreme weather conditions but also the activities of man - hunting, industrial pollution and oil-spills.  Each year, these magnificent flying creatures of such astounding diversity must participate in one of Nature's great miracles, migrating from one continent to another in the face of the cruellest adversity...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats
  • Script: Jean Dorst, Stéphane Durand, Guy Jarry, Valentine Marvel, Jacques Perrin, Francis Roux
  • Cinematographer: Olli Barbé, Michel Benjamin, Sylvie Carcedo, Laurent Charbonnier, Luc Drion, Laurent Fleutot, Philippe Garguil, Dominique Gentil, Bernard Lutic, Thierry Machado, Stéphane Martin, Fabrice Moindrot, Ernst Sasse, Michel Terrasse, Thierry Thomas
  • Music: Bruno Coulais
  • Cast: Philippe Labro (Narrator (English version)), Jacques Perrin (Narrator)
  • Country: France / Italy / Germany / Spain / Switzerland
  • Language: English / French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 81 min
  • Aka: Winged Migration ; The Travelling Birds

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