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The Roots of Heaven is a 1958 American adventure film made for 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 of the same name.
Errol Flynn stars as an ecologist who fights to save the African elephants from extinction in French Equatorial Africa. The film features a diverse cast, a romantic subplot, and a satirical tone on human nature and environmental issues.
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- Adventure, Drama
- John Huston
- 1958-10-15
The Roots of Heaven (French: Les Racines du ciel) is a 1956 novel by the Lithuanian-born French writer and World War II aviator, Romain Gary (born Roman Kacew). It received the Prix Goncourt for fiction.
- Romain Gary
- 1956
The Roots of Heaven is a 1956 novel by the Lithuanian-born French writer and WW II aviator, Romain Gary (born Roman Kacew). It received the Prix Goncourt for fiction and was translated in English in 1957.
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- 1956
- Romain Gary
- Hardcover
Feb 21, 2019 · Gary (1914-1980; The Kites, 2017, etc.), French Resistance aviator, war hero, and the only author to win the prestigious Prix Goncourt under two different names, overlays the plight of elephants and humans in this sprawling and ambitious novel set in post–WWII Africa.
In Fort Lamy, French Equitorial Africa, idealist Morel (Trevor Howard)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 (Juliette Greco), hostess of the town's only night...
A drunken British ex-major (Errol Flynn) and a prostitute (Juliette Gréco) join an African elephant crusader (Trevor Howard).
- Adventure
