Out of Africa
“Based on a true story.”
Sydney PollackCast
Meryl Streep 
Robert Redford 
Klaus Maria Brandauer 
Michael Kitchen 
Malick Bowens Joseph Thiaka
Credits
Written by: 
Karen Blixen
Plot
In 1913 the Danish baroness Karen Blixen moves to Kenya to run a coffee farm with her husband, Bror, a philanderer who gives her syphilis. She falls in love with the free-spirited hunter Denys Finch Hatton, and learns to love the land and its people, but cannot hold on to either. Based on Isak Dinesen's memoir, with Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
Sinekatalog’s take
A lavish, elegiac romantic epic, with John Barry's lush score and breathtaking African landscapes. It won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, and is carried by Streep's careful Danish accent and presence.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (94,419 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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