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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.
- $3.3 million
- Darryl F. Zanuck
The Roots of Heaven: Directed by John Huston. With Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert. In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist ecologist starts a campaign of public awareness to help save the African elephants from extinction.
- John Huston
- 1
- 3 min
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. It was translated into English in 1957.
- Romain Gary
- 510
- 1956
- 5 October 1956
November 11, 2021. Les Racines du ciel = The Roots of Heaven, Romain Gary. 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 · NYT Readers Voting on Best Book of Past 125 Years. 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.
Oct 2, 2020 · The Roots of Heaven [1956] – ★★★★1/2. Through Romain Gary’s dense narrative and second-hand accounts, we can still piece together a powerful story about the resilience of human spirit and the power of an unshakeable belief.
In the heart of Africa, at a lonely bar, an idealist speaks about his feelings regarding saving the elephants and their precious species being the root of heaven.
- Adventure
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