The Roots of Heaven

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Errol Flynn

Forsythe

Age : 50 | Popularity : 12%

Trevor Howard

Morel

Age : 74 | Popularity : 7%

Eddie Albert

Abe Fields

Age : 99 | Popularity : 7%

Juliette Gréco

Minna

Age : 93 | Popularity : 8%

Orson Welles

Cy Sedgewick

Age : 70 | Popularity : 19%

Paul Lukas

Saint Denis

Age : 77 | Popularity : 10%

Herbert Lom

Orsini

Age : 95 | Popularity : 10%

Edric Connor

Waitari

Age : 55 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	John Huston
Production	Producer	Darryl F. Zanuck
Art	Art Direction	Stephen B. Grimes
	Set Decoration	Bruno Avesani
Camera	Director of Photography	Oswald Morris
Sound	Music	Malcolm Arnold
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Rosine Delamare
Editing	Editor	Russell Lloyd
Writing	Screenplay	Romain Gary Patrick Leigh-Fermor
	Novel	Romain Gary
Department	Role	Name

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