The Roots of Heaven
  • Title: The Roots of Heaven
  • Original Title: The Roots of Heaven
  • Release Date: 15/10/1958
  • Tagline: Of human laughter, wonder and tenderness !
  • Duration:121 Min / 02:01
  • Country:US
  • Genre:AdventureDrama

About Film

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.

Movie Rating: 6.2

Total Votes: 22

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Geronimo1967
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5/10
I just wonder how much acting Errol Flynn or Orson Welles actually had to do in this really disappointing and meandering yarn - they both appear as disinterested as the other. Trevor Howard doesn't fare much better as the early ecologist "Morel" who is determined to put a stop to elephant hunting. That's quite a task given he is slap bang amidst...