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AdventureAnnée1958Durée2h 6mIMDb6.3

Les racines du ciel

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En Afrique-Équatoriale française, un écologiste idéaliste lance une campagne de sensibilisation publique pour permettre de sauver les éléphants africains de l'extinction.

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Casting

John Huston

Director

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

PD

Pierre Dudan

Major Schölscher

MD

Marc Doelnitz

De Vries

Francis De Wolff

Father Farque

Dan Jackson

Madjumba

MD

Maurice de Canonge

Haas

Jacques Marin

Cerisot

Romain Gary

Writer

PL

Patrick Leigh-Fermor

Writer

Commentaires

5 commentaires

Andy_May 29, 2023

source: The Roots of Heaven

Christ OlessongoNov 18, 2022

Olley TaalNov 16, 2022

The Roots of Heaven

IammohofficialNov 16, 2022

This is not a classic film, but I found it very worthwhile to make the effort to find it and watch it. The issues of wildlife conservation, specifically African elephant conservation, that it raises are still very relevant. The film seems at least 30 years ahead of its time in this respect, as we are still struggling to find ways for elephants and humans to co-exist. The conflicts between poachers, elephants, and well-meaning people trying to make the world better for humans AND elephants depicted here are playing out in the real world very much as depicted here. John Huston made several timeless movies. While this is not one of his best movies, it is an interesting companion piece to "African Queen" and is thought-provoking about issues of wildlife conservation and the effects of colonialism on African and world politics.

Jolie MariaNov 16, 2022

Actually this is one of my favorite neglected films, Huston having one more of the same ilk, Kremlin Letter. Just why it and the other film have fallen so low is part of the usual blindness of the unwashed masses, often the best taking time to sift out the flashy from the good. There are very many interesting moments in this one, a lively cast, great theme, all the way from Trevor Howard to Juliette Greco. Everything is overdone in it and it makes for pretty good watching. The worst thing about it in fact is its astonishing unavailability. There has never been a film quite like it, and coming from Huston, well, it borders on the criminal that it is almost impossible to find. We can only hope that all its negatives are not also lost.

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