![The Roots of Heaven](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//m3odlVzSQllLAdhOMdoLcggR5Qh.jpg)
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The Roots of Heaven
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In Fort Lamy, French Equitorial Africa, idealist Morel launches a one-man campaign to preserve the African elephant from extinction, which he sees as the last remaining "roots of Heaven." At first, he finds only support from Minna, hostess of the town's only night club, who is in love with him, and a derelict ex-British Army Major, Forsythe. His crusade gains momentum and he is soon surrounded by an odd assortment of characters: Cy Sedgewick, an American TV commentator who becomes impressed and rallies world-wide support; a U.S. photographer, Abe Fields, who is sent to do a picture story on Morel and stays on to follow his ideals; Saint Denis, a government aide ordered to stop Morel; Orsini, a professional ivory hunter whose vested interests aren't the same as Morel's; and Waitari, leader of a Pan-African movement who follows Morel only for the personal good it will do his own campaign.
Cast
![Errol Flynn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jAjy0guWTLsrlRMooRu6pdRm919.jpg)
Errol Flynn
Forsythe
![Trevor Howard](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6HDJGXcedqyHx7oCPtUdCXn4z76.jpg)
Trevor Howard
Morel
![Eddie Albert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xghAdiyIyE5RpDk0YG36eioo4sU.jpg)
Eddie Albert
Abe Fields
![Juliette Gréco](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//inaSnGzGOByPT1uOIwVcw9RmwQK.jpg)
Juliette Gréco
Minna
![Orson Welles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//e9lGmqQq3EsHeUQgQLByo275hcc.jpg)
Orson Welles
Cy Sedgewick
![Paul Lukas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uPN8hpMtacoFylb0Ez9j800bilZ.jpg)
Paul Lukas
Saint Denis
![Herbert Lom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1sqfpn8EzsCgQdwmB8NP4bLWYlP.jpg)
Herbert Lom
Orsini
![Edric Connor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mJC1iNvA2mF1iENg326tf94E7sX.jpg)
Edric Connor
Waitari
![Grégoire Aslan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rbqF5csdmXsTMTAAdNkEx7IvuHU.jpg)
Grégoire Aslan
Habib
![André Luguet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xH9Qv3BCQ2VOXbkl5RA7aEhvtBb.jpg)
André Luguet
Governor
![Friedrich von Ledebur](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bBRaajqzljFK8PYsaiY2rEnvOYq.jpg)
Friedrich von Ledebur
Peer Qvist
![Olivier Hussenot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4EEocR7suyr5nipzMXB2dsXy7LY.jpg)
Olivier Hussenot
The Baron
![Pierre Dudan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4kKmAB3d49ZoI1uvYoy9W35Q52V.jpg)
Pierre Dudan
Maj. Scholscher
![Marc Doelnitz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1KyVa67heJUFoFxChKyV0i3sFOE.jpg)
Marc Doelnitz
De Vries
![Francis de Wolff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//g1JKH34BvvR7QOj05ZdcnFiPyVU.jpg)
Francis de Wolff
Father Fargue
![Dan Jackson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mdCB1WOfAoUZSB5zam0dsapou1p.jpg)
Dan Jackson
Madjumba
![Maurice Cannon](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Maurice Cannon
Haas
![Jacques Marin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//d4AmDYdfSuKTLo4iQKUqWC5hXF5.jpg)
Jacques Marin
Cerisot
![Alain Saury](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eDBK0FKFoGKFyxUGl2BlNJofC4P.jpg)