Out of Africa (film)
Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book Shadows on the Grass and other sources. This film received 28 film awards, including seven Academy Awards.
The book was adapted into a screenplay by the writer Kurt Luedtke, and directed by the American Sydney Pollack. Streep played Karen Blixen; Redford played Denys Finch Hatton; and Klaus Maria Brandauer played Baron Bror Blixen. Others in the film included 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/actress Iman as Mariammo.
Plot
The story begins in 1913 in Denmark, when Karen Dinesen (a wealthy but unmarried woman) asks her friend Baron Bror Blixen (Klaus Maria Brandauer) to enter into a marriage of convenience with her. Although Bror is a member of the aristocracy, he is no longer financially secure; therefore, he agrees to the marriage, and the two of them plan to move to Africa to begin a dairy farm.
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by: Helmut LottiOut Of Africa
Listen to the rhythm of the distant drums - Africa, Africa
Antilopes are running when the lion comes - Africa, Africa
Mountains rising high above the rageing sea - Africa, Africa
Life is never certain but the souls are free in Africa
Oh, out of Africa come the sweetest peace and the toughest fights
Oh, out of Africa comes the heartbeat of the world, out of Africa
Listen to the howling of a desert storm - Africa, Africa
Look at all the stars on a night so warm - Africa, Africa
Crickets say hello when the evening comes - Africa, Africa
Listen to the rhythm of the distant drums out of Africa
Oh, out of Africa come the sweetest peace and the toughest fights
Oh, out of Africa comes the heartbeat of the world
Out of Africa
Oh, out of Africa come the sweetest peace and the toughest fights
Oh, out of Africa comes the heartbeat of the world
Out of Africa