Out of Africa

1985 film by Sydney Pollack

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"Out of Africa" is a 1985 film directed by Sydney Pollack that tells a story set against the backdrop of colonial Kenya. The film matters as a critically acclaimed work that won the Academy Award for Best Picture and became a significant example of the epic drama genre from that era.

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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.

Released: 1985-12-20161 minDir: Sydney PollackHistory, Romance, DramaBudget: $31.0MBox office: $228M

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Cast

Robert Redford as Denys George Finch Hatton
Meryl Streep as Karen Christence Dinesen Blixen
Klaus Maria Brandauer as Baron Bror Blixen/Baron Hans Blixen
Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole
Malick Bowens as Farah
Michael Gough as Lord Delamere

Themes

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Article

Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The film is based loosely on the 1937 autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), with additional material from Dinesen's 1960 book Shadows on the Grass and other sources.

The book was adapted into a screenplay by Kurt Luedtke, and this screenplay was filmed in 1984. Streep played Karen Blixen, Redford played Denys Finch Hatton, and Klaus Maria Brandauer played Baron Bror Blixen. Others in the film include Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole, Malick Bowens as Farah, Stephen Kinyanjui as the Chief, Michael Gough as Lord Delamere, Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity, and the model and actress Iman as Mariammo. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It was also a commercial success and won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Pollack.