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Apr 1, 2024 · English. Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wilderness of Kenya. The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures.
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Born Free is 18644 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 17167 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Human Capital but less popular than Comeback Season.
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- Tom Mcgowan, James Hill
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Born Free was filmed on location in Naro Moru, Maralal, and Malindi, Kenya, and Doldol, Ethiopia. Original director Tom McGowan resigned after several months of production. The great success of Born Free resulted in a 1972 sequel, Living Free (see below) which continued the saga of Elsa's cubs. Joy Adamson (1910-1980) was born Friederike ...
7.2 (6,969) Born Free is a classic film based on the true story of Joy and George Adamson, who lived in Kenya and raised an orphaned lioness named Elsa. The movie was directed by James Hill and released in 1966. The cast included Virginia McKenna as Joy Adamson, Bill Travers as George Adamson, and Geoffrey Keen as Game Warden, John Kendall.
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- James H. Hill
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- Virginia Mckenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen
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This wondrous true adventure from the best-selling novel about a woman who raised a lioness and eventually set her free is beautifully photographed on the vast, golden savannas of central Africa. Born Free is a story of courage and love, nature and human nature, and a relationship unlike any other ever filmed. When game warden George Adamson (Bill Travers) is forced to kill a menacing lion and ...
About. Born Free. DRAMA. This wondrous true adventure from the best-selling novel about a woman who raised a lioness and eventually set her free is beautifully photographed on the vast, golden savannas of central Africa. Born Free is a story of courage and love, nature and human nature, and a relationship unlike any other ever filmed.
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to ...
