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Born Free

From The Pages Of The Beloved Best Seller... A Motion Picture To Delight All The World!

6.819661h 35mReleased
Adventure
Family
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Overview

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

StatusReleased
Release Date1966-03-14
Runtime1h 35m
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited KingdomUnited States of America
Keywords
parent child relationship
freedom
lion
animal attack
rifle
game warden
lioness
kenya
lion cub
animal rights
warthog
wildlife
based on memoir or autobiography
animals
nature

Born Free Collection

3 Films
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Born Free

Born Free

1966

Living Free

Living Free

1972

Born Free: A New Adventure

Born Free: A New Adventure

1996

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Cast & Crew

Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna

as Joy Adamson

Bill Travers

Bill Travers

as George Adamson

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

as Kendall

PL

Peter Lukoye

as Nuru

OC

Omar Chambati

as Makkede

BG

Bill Godden

as Sam

RS

Robert S. Young

as James

BE

Bryan Epsom

as Baker

GB

Geoffrey Best

as Watson

RC

Robert Cheetham

as Ken

Reviews

2
J

John Chard

Mar 26, 2016

8/10

The wonders of Elsa. Born Free is based on George and Joy Adamson and their raising of a lioness during their time living at a game reserve in Kenya. It's directed by James Hill, adapted to screenplay by Lester Cole, and stars Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as the Adamsons. Music is by John Barry and cinematography by Kenneth Talbot. It's …

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Reno

Aug 4, 2016

8/10

> We want them to be an angel, but being wild is what defines them. I thought I dreamt about these lions when I was a kid, but when I came to know about this film that made me realise I actually saw this film when I was a very young to remember anything. It was a few images remained in memory, that's how I tracked it. So while watching this now …

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