The Roots of Heaven (1958)
2h 1m
Running Time
October 15, 1958Release Date
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
2h 1m
Running Time
October 15, 1958Release Date
Plot.
In Fort Lamy, French Equitorial Africa, idealist Morel launches a one-man campaign to preserve the African elephant from extinction, which he sees as the last remaining "roots of Heaven." At first, he finds only support from Minna, hostess of the town's only night club, who is in love with him, and a derelict ex-British Army Major, Forsythe. His crusade gains momentum and he is soon surrounded by an odd assortment of characters: Cy Sedgewick, an American TV commentator who becomes impressed and rallies world-wide support; a U.S. photographer, Abe Fields, who is sent to do a picture story on Morel and stays on to follow his ideals; Saint Denis, a government aide ordered to stop Morel; Orsini, a professional ivory hunter whose vested interests aren't the same as Morel's; and Waitari, leader of a Pan-African movement who follows Morel only for the personal good it will do his own campaign.
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Cast & Crew.
Errol Flynn
Forsythe
Juliette Gréco
Minna
Trevor Howard
Morel
Eddie Albert
Abe Fields
Orson Welles
Cy Sedgewick
Paul Lukas
Saint Denis
Edric Connor
Waitari
Herbert Lom
Orsini
Grégoire Aslan
Habib
André Luguet
Governor
Friedrich von Ledebur
Peer Qvist
John Huston
Director
Olivier Hussenot
The Baron
Romain Gary
Writer
Pierre Dudan
Maj. Scholscher
Patrick Leigh-Fermor
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 15, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 1m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsStudios de Boulogne, France
Genres
Wiki.
The Roots of Heaven is a 1958 American adventure film made for 20th Century Fox, directed by John Huston and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Romain Gary and Patrick Leigh Fermor is based on Romain Gary's 1956 Prix Goncourt-winning novel of the same name. The film stars Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert, Orson Welles, Paul Lukas, Herbert Lom and Grégoire Aslan. Huston later said that Roots of Heaven "could have been a very fine film. And largely owing to me was not a good film at all."
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