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Released
1966 · FILM

Born Free

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Runtime
95 min
AdventureBiographyDrama

Synopsis

In a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, take care of three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger cubs are sent to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, remains with the couple. When Elsa is accused of causing an elephant stampede in a nearby village, head warden John Kendall insists that the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Don DeaconShot by Kenneth TalbotScored by John Barry

Also known as

  • Frei geboren - Königin der Wildnisde
  • Vivre librefr
  • Nata liberait

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