Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats

Synopsis

Africa's giant rats – the size of a cat – can be trained to detect land-mines by smelling them. Giant rats are clever and they learn fast. Their sense of smell is better than a dog's, they have more stamina, and they're a lot cheaper to train. This documentary follows "Miss Marple", who was born in a training lab and who goes through a year's training before being sent on her first mission to Mozambique. A shorter version (43 minutes) screened at festivals in 2009 but was never widely released.

Main Cast

Andrew Solomon

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Herbert Ostwald
Writing	Writer	Herbert Ostwald
Camera	Director of Photography	Roland Gockel Norbert Röttcher
Editing	Editor	Jan Stefan Kolbe
Sound	Original Music Composer	Mark Joggerst
Production	Producer	Uli Veith
	Executive Producer	Bernd Wilting
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