On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa

Based On the book by Anne Hugon

On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa (French: Vers Tombouctou : L'Afrique des explorateurs; German: Auf nach Timbuktu!) is a 1999 documentary film adapted from French historian Anne Hugon's nonfiction book of the same name. Directed by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky, and co-produced by Trans Europe Film, La Sept-Arte and Éditions Gallimard, with voice-over narration by French actors François Marthouret, Yves Lambrecht, and German actor Richard Sammel. The film follows in the footsteps of Mungo Park, René Caillié and Heinrich Barth, the three explorers who have become legends both in Europe and in Africa. The documentary was broadcast on Arte on 6 November 1999, as part of the channel's television programme The Human Adventure.

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Release date:

1999

Director:

Jean-Claude Lubtchansky

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

France

Language:

French of France

Year page:

1999 in adaptations