The Roots of Heaven (1958)

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NR | 2 hr 1 mins | Drama, Adaptation | Released: 10/1/1958

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Synopsis:

A Nazi POW survivor makes zealous and misguided attempts to save the elephant heards of French Africa from big game poachers and hungry natives.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/1/1958

Studio	Credit
Fox Films, Ltd.	Studio
Director	Credit
John Huston	Director
Cast	Credit
Errol Flynn	Major Forsythe
Juliette Greco	Minna
Trevor Howard	Morel
Eddie Albert	Abe Fields
Orson Welles	Cy Sedgewick
Paul Lukas	Saint Denis
Herbert Lom	Orsini
Gregoire Aslan	Habib
Andre Luguet	Governor
Friedrich Ledebur	Peer Qvist
Edric Connor	Waitari
Olivier Hussenot	Baron
Pierre Dudan	Major Scholscher
Marc Doelnitz	DeVries
Dan Jackson	Madjumba
Maurice Cannon	Haas
Habib Benglia	Korotoro
Jacques Marin	Cerisot
Bachir Toure	Yussef
Alain Saury	ADC
Roscoe Stallworth	N'Dolo
Assan Fall	Inguele
Francis DeWolff	Father Fargue
Production Credits	Credit
Darryl F Zanuck	Producer
Robert Jacks	Associate Producer
Distribution Companies	Credit
Fox Films, Ltd.	Theatrical Distributor
Locations
French Equatorial Africa
Writer	Credit
Romain Gary	Screenplay
Romain Gary	Novel as Source Material
Patrick Leigh-Fermor	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Bruno Avesani	Set Decorator
Stephen Grimes	Art Director - art direction
Film Camera	Credit
Oswald Morris	Director of Photography
Skeete Kelly	Camera Operator - camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Fred Etcheverry	Photography - special effects photography
Henri Persin	Camera Operator - camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
L B Abbott	Photography - special effects photography
Gilles Bonneau	Camera Operator - camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
Malcolm Arnold	Music Conductor
Malcolm Arnold	Music
Henri Patterson	Music
Production Management	Credit
Carlo Lastricati	Assistant Director
Guy Luongo	Production Manager
Sound	Credit
Basil Fenton Smith	Sound
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Rosine Delamare	Costume Designer - costume design
George Frost	Makeup

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