Out of Africa (1985)

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PG | 2 hr 40 mins | Drama, Romance, Biopic, Period | Released: 12/13/1985 |Box Office Total: $83.1M

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Synopsis:

A Danish woman marries a baron whom she doesn't love and moves with him to his Kenyan coffee plantation. After enduring his womanizing behavior, she eventually kicks him out and then meets a British adventurer with whom she falls in love. Upon her return to Denmark, she becomes a famous novelist and writes about her romantic adventure.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/13/1985

Studio	Credit
Universal	Studio
Director	Credit
Sydney Pollack	Director
Simon Trevor	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Jack Couffer	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Meryl Streep	Karen Blixen
Robert Redford	Denys Finch Hatton
Klaus Maria Brandauer	Hans Von Blixen-Finecke
Klaus Maria Brandauer	Bror Von Blixen-Finecke
Michael Kitchen	Berkeley Cole
Malick Bowens	Farah
Joseph Thiaka	Kamante
Stephen Kinyanjui	Kinanjui
Michael Gough	Lord Delamere
Suzanna Hamilton	Felicity
Rachel Kempson	Lady Belfield
Graham Crowden	Lord Belfield
Leslie Phillips	Sir Joseph Byrne
Shane Rimmer	Belknap
Mike Bugara	Juma
Job Seda	Kannthia
Mohammed Umar	Ismail
Donal McCann	Doctor
Kenneth Mason	Banker
Tristram Jellinek	1st Commissioner
Stephen Grimes	2nd Commissioner
Annabel Maule	Lady Byrne
Benny Young	Minister
Sbish Trzebinski	Beefy Drunk
Allaudin Qureshi	Rajiv
Niven Boyd	Young Officer
Iman	Mariammo
Peter Strong	Huge Man
Abdullah Sunado	Esa
Amanda Parkin	Victoria
Muriel Gross	Lady Delamere
Ann Palmer	Dowager
Keith Pearson	Missionary Teacher
Production Credits	Credit
Kim Jorgensen	Executive Producer
Judith Thurman	Associate Producer
Terence Clegg	Co-Producer
Sydney Pollack	Producer
Anna Cataldi	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Mirage Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Kenya
Writer	Credit
Kurt Luedtke	Screenplay
Judith Thurman	Book as Source Material
Errol Trzebinski	Book as Source Material
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Hubert Wells	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Josie MacAvin	Set Decorator
Stephen Grimes	Production Designer
Herbert Westbrook	Art Director - art direction
Colin Grimes	Art Director - art direction
Cliff Robinson	Art Director - art direction
Casting	Credit
Mary Selway	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Stephen St John	Steadicam Operator
Peter Allwork	Photography - aerial photography
Freddie Cooper	Camera Operator
David Watkin	Director of Photography
Rodrigo Gutierrez	Director of Photography - director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
Academy of St Martin in the Fields	Music Performer
John Barry	Music
Clif Kohlweck	Music Editor
Andras Schiff	Music Performer
George W Senoga-Zake	Music - African source music
Alan Loveday	Music Performer - violinist
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Music
Neville Marriner	Music - music director
Stephen Shingles	Music - viola player
Alan Smyth	Music - music research
Production Management	Credit
Margaret Adams	Production Coordinator
David Tomblin	Assistant Director
Robin Forman	Post-Production Supervisor
Gerry Levy	Production Manager
Grania O'Shannon	Location Manager
Allan James	Location Manager
Roy Button	Assistant Director
George Menoe	Assistant Director
Patrick Kinney	Assistant Director
Meja Mwangi	Assistant Director
Tom Mwangi	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Tom McCarthy Jr	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
William Manger	ADR Editor
Peter Handford	Sound - sound recording mixer
Dan Wallin	Sound Editor
Chris Jenkins	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Gary Alexander	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Larry Stensvold	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
David Harris	Special Effects Supervisor
Syd Dutton	Special Effects - special visual effects
Phill Norman	Titles - title design
Bill Taylor	Special Effects - special visual effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
J Roy Helland	Makeup
Milena Canonero	Costume Designer
Kenny Crouch	Wardrobe
Dave Garrett	Costume Department - costume maker
Jenny Hawkins	Wardrobe
Gary Liddiard	Makeup
Mary Hillman	Makeup
Andres Fernandez	Wardrobe
Stephen Cornish	Wardrobe
Norma Hill-Patton	Makeup
Elizabeth Ryrie	Wardrobe
Pat McEwan	Wardrobe

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