Watch The Roots Of Heaven (1958) Free Online

Release Date: 1958

Cast: Trevor Howard, Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco

Categories: Movies, Melodrama, Adventure Drama, Adventure

The Roots of Heaven is a 1958 adventure film made by 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 The Roots of Heaven (Les racines du ciel). The film starred Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert, Orson Welles, Paul Lukas, Herbert Lom and Gregoire Aslan. Set in French Equatorial Africa, the film tells the story of Morel (Trevor Howard), a crusading environmentalist who sets out to preserve the elephants from extinction as a... MORE

The Roots of Heaven is a 1958 adventure film made by 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 The Roots of Heaven (Les racines du ciel). The film starred Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert, Orson Welles, Paul Lukas, Herbert Lom and Gregoire Aslan. Set in French Equatorial Africa, the film tells the story of Morel (Trevor Howard), a crusading environmentalist who sets out to preserve the elephants from extinction as a lasting symbol of freedom for all humanity. He is helped by Minna (Juliette Gréco), a nightclub hostess, and Forsythe (Errol Flynn), a disgraced British military officer hoping to redeem himself. Errol Flynn - Maj. Forsythe Juliette Gréco - Minna Trevor Howard - Merel Eddie Albert - Abe Fields Orson Welles - Cy Sedgewick Paul Lukas - Saint Denis Herbert Lom - Orsini Gregoire Aslan - Habib André Luguet - Governor Edric Connor - Watari Oliver Hussenot - The Baron Pierre Dudan - Maj. Scholscher Marc Doelnitz - De Vries Dan Jackson - Madjumba Maurice Cannon - Haas Jacques Marin - Cerisot Alain Saury - LESS