TURTLE: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
synopsis
A documentary about a small loggerhead turtle, who follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream all the way to the frozen north and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic to Africa and back to the beach where she was born.
| international title: | Turtle: The Incredible Journey |
| original title: | Turtle: The Incredible Journey |
| country: | United Kingdom, Austria, Germany |
| sales agent: | Sola Media GmbH |
| year: | 2008 |
| genre: | documentary |
| directed by: | Nick Stringer |
| release date: | AT 01/10/2009, DE 01/10/2009, NL 22/10/2009, HU 13/05/2010, EE 17/09/2010 |
| screenplay: | Melanie Finn |
| cinematography by: | Rory McGuinness |
| film editing: | Sean Barton, Richard Wilkinson |
| music: | Henning Lohner |
| producer: | Zorana Piggott, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Nick Stringer, Helmut Grasser, Solveig Langeland |
| production: | Film and Music Entertainment, Allegro Film, Tradewind Pictures, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) |
| backing: | Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Austrian Film Institute |
| distributor: | Filmladen, 20th Century Fox Germany GmbH, Independent Films Nederland |
