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Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

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They eat and they are eaten!

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

Cast & Crew

Director
Ruggero Deodato
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    Professor Harold Monroe Robert Kerman
  • Profile picture of Francesca Ciardi
    Faye Daniels Francesca Ciardi
  • Profile picture of Perry Pirkanen
    Jack Anders Perry Pirkanen
  • Profile picture of Luca Barbareschi
    Mark Tomaso Luca Barbareschi
  • Profile picture of Salvatore Basile
    Chaco Losojos Salvatore Basile
  • Profile picture of Ricardo Fuentes
    Miguel Lujan Ricardo Fuentes
  • Profile picture of Carl Gabriel Yorke
    Alan Yates Carl Gabriel Yorke
  • Profile picture of Paolo Paoloni
    1st Executive Paolo Paoloni

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