Out of Africa (1985)

12/20/1985 (US) • 2h 41m

History, Romance, Drama

Based on a true story.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Robert Redford

Denys George Finch Hatton

Meryl Streep

Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Baron Bror Blixen/Baron Hans Blixen

Michael Kitchen

Berkeley Cole

Michael Gough

Lord Delamere

Rachel Kempson

Lady Belfield

Graham Crowden

Lord Belfield


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$31,000,000.00

Revenue

$227,514,205.00

Keywords

farm

infidelity

africa

plantation

safari

melancholy

nairobi

coffee grower

romance

kenya

based on memoir or autobiography

british colonial

syphilis

danish

historical drama

1910s

big game hunter

cuckolded husband

plantation owner

lions

coffee beans

romantic

colonial africa

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