---
title: 'Darwin''s Nightmare (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hubert Sauper'
released: '2004-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Austria'
  - 'Belgium'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/darwins-nightmare-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424024/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Darwin's Nightmare (2004)

2004 · 107 min · Documentary · Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Canada

Original title: Darwins Alptraum

## Synopsis

Darwin's Nightmare is a 2004 Austrian-French-Belgian documentary film written and directed by Hubert Sauper, dealing with the environmental and social effects of the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in Tanzania. It premiered at the 2004 Venice Film Festival, and was nominated for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 78th Academy Awards. The Boston Globe called it "the year's best documentary about the animal world."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hubert Sauper](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-sauper)
- **Screenplay:** [Hubert Sauper](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-sauper)
- **Producer:** [Hubert Sauper](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-sauper), [Barbara Albert](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-albert), [Martin Gschlacht](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-gschlacht), [Antonin Svoboda](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-svoboda), [Hubert Toint](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-toint), [Edouard Mauriat](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-mauriat)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hubert Sauper](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-sauper)
- **Editor:** [Denise Vindevogel](https://cinepixo.com/people/denise-vindevogel)

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Official site: http://www.darwinsnightmare.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/darwins-nightmare-2004
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