The Roots of Heaven

The story

In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.

Cast & crew

Errol FlynnForsythe

Trevor HowardMorel

Eddie AlbertAbe Fields

Juliette GrécoMinna

Orson WellesCy Sedgewick

Paul LukasSaint Denis

Herbert LomOrsini

Edric ConnorWaitari

Grégoire AslanHabib

André LuguetGovernor

Friedrich von LedeburPeer Qvist

Olivier HussenotThe Baron