Summary
The Roots of Heaven is an American adventure film first released in 1958,
directed by John Huston.
The film is based on a novel by Romain Gary and stars Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert and Orson Welles.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: John Huston
- Script: Romain Gary (novel), Romain Gary, Patrick Leigh-Fermor
- Photo: Oswald Morris
- Music: Malcolm Arnold
- Cast: Errol Flynn (Forsythe), Juliette Gréco (Minna), Trevor Howard (Morel), Eddie Albert (Abe Fields), Orson Welles (Cy Sedgewick), Paul Lukas (Saint Denis), Herbert Lom (Orsini), Grégoire Aslan (Habib), André Luguet (Governor), Friedrich von Ledebur (Peer Qvist), Edric Connor (Waitari), Olivier Hussenot (Baron), Pierre Dudan (Major Schölscher), Marc Doelnitz (De Vries), Francis De Wolff (Father Farque), Dan Jackson (Madjumba), Maurice Cannon (Haas), Jacques Marin (Cerisot), Habib Benglia (Korotoro), Bachir Touré (Yussef), Alain Saury (A.D.C), Roscoe Stallworth (N’Dolo), Hassane Fall (Inguele), Colin Drake (Journalist), Hans Verner
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 121 min
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