The Roots of Heaven

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 onl... read more

  • John Huston

    Director

  • Romain Gary

    Screenplay

  • Romain Gary

    Novel

  • Patrick Leigh-Fermor

    Screenplay

  • Oswald Morris

    Director of Photography

  • Russell Lloyd

    Editor

  • Errol Flynn

    Forsythe

  • Trevor Howard

    Morel

  • Eddie Albert

    Abe Fields

  • Juliette Gréco

    Minna

  • Orson Welles

    Cy Sedgewick

  • Paul Lukas

    Saint Denis

  • Herbert Lom

    Orsini

  • Runtime

    121 minutes

    Released

    1958-10-15

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    20th Century Fox

    Darryl F. Zanuck Productions

    Sound

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Music

  • Updated

    824 days ago

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