---
title: 'Cannibal Holocaust (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ruggero Deodato'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cannibal-holocaust-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078935/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

1980 · 96 min · Drama, Adventure · Italy

Part of: Cannibal Trilogy

## Synopsis

Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal horror film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist who leads a rescue team into the Amazon rainforest to locate a crew of filmmakers that have gone missing while filming a documentary on local cannibal tribes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ruggero Deodato](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-deodato)
- **Screenplay:** [Ruggero Deodato](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-deodato), [Gianfranco Clerici](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianfranco-clerici)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Riz Ortolani](https://cinepixo.com/people/riz-ortolani)
- **Producer:** [Franco Palaggi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-palaggi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergio D'Offizi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-d-offizi)
- **Editor:** [Vincenzo Tomassi](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincenzo-tomassi)

## Cast

- [Ruggero Deodato](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-deodato)
- [Enrico Papa](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-papa)
- [Paolo Paoloni](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-paoloni)
- [Lucia Costantini](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucia-costantini)
- [Luca Barbareschi](https://cinepixo.com/people/luca-barbareschi)
- [Carl Gabriel Yorke](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-gabriel-yorke)
- [Perry Pirkanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/perry-pirkanen)
- [Ricardo Fuentes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricardo-fuentes)
- [Francesca Ciardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesca-ciardi)
- [Robert Kerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-kerman)

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Official site: http://www.cannibalholocaust.net
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cannibal-holocaust-1980
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