Mysterious Castles of Clay

Mysterious Castles of Clay
Opening titles
Directed by
Produced by
  • Joan Root
  • Alan Root
Narrated byOrson Welles
Production
company
Distributed byITV
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 documentary film about a termite colony filmed in Kenya by Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and received a Peabody Award.

One version of the film, known as simply Castles of Clay, was narrated by British actor Derek Jacobi.