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.
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
Malick Bowens
Farah
Michael Gough
Lord Delamere
Suzanna Hamilton
Felicity
Rachel Kempson
Lady Belfield
Graham Crowden
Lord Belfield
Leslie Phillips
Sir Joseph
Shane Rimmer
Belknap, farm manager
Joseph Thiaka
Kamante
Stephen Kinyanjui
Kinanjui
Mike Bugara
Juma
Job Seda
Kanuthia
Mohammed Umar
Ismail
Donal McCann
Doctor
Kenneth Mason
Banker
Tristram Jellinek
First Commissioner
Stephen B. Grimes
Second Commissioner
Annabel Maule
Lady Byrne
Benny Young
Minister
Sbish Trzebinski
Beefy Drunk
Allaudin Qureshi
Rajiv
Niven Boyd
Young Officer
Iman
Mariammo
Peter Strong
Huge Man
Abdulla Sunado
Esa
Amanda Parkin
Victoria
Muriel Gross
Lady Delamere
Ann Palmer
Dowager
Keith Pearson
Missionary Teacher
Crew
Sydney Pollack
Director, Producer
Kurt Luedtke
Screenplay
Judith Thurman
Book, Associate Producer
Errol Trzebinski
Book
Karen Blixen
Book
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor
Sheldon Kahn
Editor
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
William Steinkamp
Editor
David Watkin
Director of Photography
David Tomblin
First Assistant Director
Kim Jorgensen
Executive Producer
Anna Cataldi
Associate Producer
Terence A. Clegg
Co-Producer
Stephen B. Grimes
Production Design
Mary Selway
Casting
Graham Churchyard
Assistant Costume Designer
Milena Canonero
Costume Design
Mary Hillman
Makeup Artist
Chris Jenkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Alexander
Sound
Larry Stensvold
Sound
Peter Handford
Sound
David Harris
Special Effects Supervisor
John Barry
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Josie MacAvin
Set Decoration
Colin Grimes
Art Direction
Cliff Robinson
Art Direction
Herbert Westbrook
Art Direction
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