
The African Queen(1952)
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.


“Of human laughter, wonder and tenderness !”
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.

Errol Flynn
Forsythe

Trevor Howard
Morel

Eddie Albert
Abe Fields

Juliette Gréco
Minna

Orson Welles
Cy Sedgewick

Paul Lukas
Saint Denis

Herbert Lom
Orsini

Edric Connor
Waitari

Grégoire Aslan
Habib

André Luguet
Governor
The Roots of Heaven is a adventure, drama film released in 1958. Directed by John Huston, it stars Errol Flynn, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert. 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.
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