Born Free

Born Free

Year: 1966

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: English

Directors: Tom McGowan, James Hill

HistoryAdventureDramaFamilyMoving relationship stories

Adapted from the bestseller, the film follows warden George Adamson and his wife Joy in Kenya’s park, where they raise lion cubs. The two larger cubs go to a Dutch zoo, leaving Elsa behind. After villagers blame Elsa for an elephant stampede, warden John Kendall orders she be trained for the Serengeti or sent to a zoo, forcing the Adamsons to decide.

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