The Sky Above--The Mud Below
Cast & Crew
Pierre-dominique Gaisseau
William Peacock
Pierre-dominique Gaisseau
Gérard Delloye
Hervé De Maigret
John Sneep
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Synopsis
In 1959 adventurer Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau organizes a 7-month Franco-Dutch expedition 1,000 miles into New Guinea. Accompanied by six fellow explorers, four soldiers, and 60 bearers, Gaisseau travels on foot and by raft and canoe. The company crosses mountain ranges, descends into valleys, and charts the Princess Marijke River; its members are introduced to the rituals of cannibals, pygmies, and headhunters and plagued by leeches and swarms of insects. At the journey's end three escorts are dead; eight men have been wounded; and 22 have fallen ill.
Director
Pierre-dominique Gaisseau
Cast
William Peacock
Pierre-dominique Gaisseau
Gérard Delloye
Hervé De Maigret
John Sneep
Gilbert Sarthre
Jean Bordes-pages
Tony Saulnier
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
Opened in Paris in May 1961 as Le ciel et la boue; running time: 85 min. Ardennes Films receives credit as principal production company; made in cooperation with Michael Arthur Films. Only a French source credits the Société Parisienne de Cinéma as a production company.
