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Out of Africa
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.
1985 · Directed by Sydney Pollack · 161 min · History · Romance · Drama · 18 frames
Tagline
Based on a true story.
Crew
- Screenplay: Kurt Luedtke
- Cinematography: David Watkin
- Edited by: William Steinkamp, Pembroke J. Herring, Sheldon Kahn, Fredric Steinkamp
- Music: John Barry
- Production design: Stephen B. Grimes
- Produced by: Sydney Pollack
Cast
- Robert Redford as Denys Finch Hatton
- Meryl Streep as Karen Blixen
- Klaus Maria Brandauer as Bror / Hans von Blixen-Finecke
- Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole
- Malick Bowens as Farah Aden
- Michael Gough as Lord Delamere
- Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity Spurway
- Rachel Kempson as Lady Belfield
- Graham Crowden as Lord Belfield
- Leslie Phillips as Sir Joseph
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Swahili
- Studios: Universal Pictures, Mirage Entertainment, Mirage Enterprises
- Budget: $31,000,000
- Box office: $227,514,205
- Themes: farm, infidelity, africa, plantation, safari, melancholy, nairobi, coffee grower, romance, kenya
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