History Film / SavageManSavageBeast

''Savage Man, Savage Beast'', originally titled ''Ultime grida dalla savana'' ("Last Cry of the Savanna"), is an Italian {{mondo}} film directed and produced by Antonio Climati and Mario Morra, with a script by noted Italian novelist Alberto Moravia.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Members of the Lobi tribe in central Africa are shown engaging in a form of ritual masturbation with sticks, which they then dip into a nearby river in order to symbolically fertilize the land. Likewise, warriors from the Kuru tribe are depicted engaging in a similar act in which they "copulate" with the ground.

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The film is a series of loosely connected segments that all relate in some way to the subject of hunting and of humanity's relationship with nature. As with most films in the subgenre, it purports to be a documentary, though the vast majority of the footage is staged. Two scenes in particular, depicting a Belgian tourist named Pit Dernitz being mauled to death by lions in South Africa and the murder of an indigenous South American man by mercenaries, have gained notoriety among film buffs due to their graphic nature.

!! Tropes:

* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: At an anti-hunting demonstration on the Isle of Wight, the demonstrators regularly engage in nudity and intercourse.

* ForcedToWatch: Pit Dernitz is attacked and eaten by lions in front of his terrified family.

* IronicJuxtaposition: Similar to ''Film/MondoCane'', vignettes from one society will often be contrasted by a different one from somewhere else. For example, an anti-hunting demonstration in which the participants freely copulate and practice nudity is contrasted with scenes of ancient hunter-gatherer societies with strict rules concerning nudity.

* RayOfHopeEnding: After an hour and a half of violence, bloodshed, and general madness, the film concludes with footage of Swedish conservationist Erik Zimen and the wolves he wishes to save, showing a rare example of humanity and the natural world living together in peace.

* TooDumbToLive: Pit Dernitz. Seriously, leaving the safari vehicle in order to get a close-up view of dangerous wildlife is a recipe for disaster.

* RayOfHopeEnding: After an hour and a half of violence, bloodshed, and general madness, the film concludes with footage of Swedish conservationist Erik Zimen and the wolves he wishes to save, showing a rare positive example of the coexistence between humanity and the natural world.

* DueToTheDead: A group of UsefulNotes/{{Australian Aborigin|es}}al hunters are depicted symbolically burying their prey in the sand to placate the spirits of the animals.

* IronicJuxtaposition: Similar to ''Film/MondoCane'', vignettes from one society will often be contrasted a different one from somewhere else. For example, an anti-hunting demonstration in which the participants freely copulate and practice nudity is contrasted with scenes of ancient hunter-gatherer societies with strict rules concerning nudity.

* DueToTheDead: A group of UsefulNotes/{{Australian aborigin|es}}al hunters are depicted symbolically burying their prey in the sand to placate the spirits of the animals.

* DueToTheDead: A group of UsefulNotes/{{Australian aboriginal|s}} hunters are depicted symbolically burying their prey in the sand to placate the spirits of the animals.