| The Roots of Heaven | |
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Written by | Romain Gary |
| Starring | Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 1958 |
| Running time | 121 mins |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.3 million[1] |
| Box office | $3 million[2] |
The Roots of Heaven is a 1958 adventure film made by 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 The Roots of Heaven (Les racines du ciel).
The film starred Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert, Orson Welles, Paul Lukas, Herbert Lom and Gregoire Aslan.
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Set in French Equatorial Africa, the film tells the story of Morel (Trevor Howard), a crusading environmentalist who sets out to preserve the elephants from extinction as a lasting symbol of freedom for all humanity. He is helped by Minna (Juliette Gréco), a nightclub hostess, and Forsythe (Errol Flynn), a disgraced British military officer hoping to redeem himself.
Errol Flynn - Maj. Forsythe
Juliette Gréco - Minna
Trevor Howard - Merel
Eddie Albert - Abe Fields
Orson Welles - Cy Sedgewick
Paul Lukas - Saint Denis
Herbert Lom - Orsini
Gregoire Aslan - Habib
André Luguet - Governor
Edric Connor - Watari
Oliver Hussenot - The Baron
Pierre Dudan - Maj. Scholscher
Marc Doelnitz - De Vries
Dan Jackson - Madjumba
Maurice Cannon - Haas
Jacques Marin - Cerisot
Alain Saury - A.D.C.
Francis de Wolff - Father Fargue
Frederick Ledebur - Peer Qvist