Open-air cinema on the zoo meadow
Visitors can immerse themselves in the colorful hustle and bustle on the grounds and experience the zoo in the evening from 7:30 pm onwards. A walk past the Asiatic lion pride, the Armur tigers or the giant anteaters is a great way to end the summer day.
When it is sufficiently dark (approx. 9.45 pm), the film screening begins:
"The Whisper of the Forests"
Patience is the most important quality that Michel Munier must have on his forays deep into the ancient, moss-covered forests of the Vosges. Equipped with a rucksack, stick and a warm jacket, he is repeatedly drawn deep into the silence of the forest to a very special place: a fir tree that has become his hiding place. Under its branches, the old man seems to melt into nature. He has spent over eight hundred nights there, listening and watching - always on the lookout for foxes, deer, stags, lynx and the mysterious king of the forest: the capercaillie.
His son Vincent has shared his father's fascination since he was twelve years old. He has learned to read the animals' tracks from him and knows the places where they feed, hunt, build their nests and sleep. Together with Vincent's son Simon, the family trio embark on a journey into the breathtaking beauty of nature
The film is an ode to the flora and fauna of the Vosges, a bridge between father, son and grandson, between man and nature, between photography and film, between day and night, between the personal and the universal.
France // 2025 // 93 min. // German version
Director: Vincent Munier
Tickets:
Normal: €12.00
Reduced: €6.00
Venue: Schwerin Zoo, An der Crivitzer Chaussee 1, 19061 Schwerin
Admission: 19:30
Start: 21:45
A cooperation between the Deutsche NaturfilmStiftung gGmbH and Schwerin Zoo.
