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title: "Out of Africa: cast and crew"
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cast: 32
crew: 36
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# Out of Africa (1985): cast and crew

32 cast and 36 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Robert Redford](https://film.one/person/robert-redford.md) as Denys Finch Hatton
- [Meryl Streep](https://film.one/person/meryl-streep.md) as Karen Blixen
- [Klaus Maria Brandauer](https://film.one/person/klaus-maria-brandauer.md) as Bror / Hans von Blixen-Finecke
- [Michael Kitchen](https://film.one/person/michael-kitchen.md) as Berkeley Cole
- [Malick Bowens](https://film.one/person/malick-bowens.md) as Farah Aden
- [Michael Gough](https://film.one/person/michael-gough.md) as Lord Delamere
- [Suzanna Hamilton](https://film.one/person/suzanna-hamilton.md) as Felicity Spurway
- [Rachel Kempson](https://film.one/person/rachel-kempson.md) as Lady Belfield
- [Graham Crowden](https://film.one/person/graham-crowden.md) as Lord Belfield
- [Leslie Phillips](https://film.one/person/leslie-phillips.md) as Sir Joseph
- [Shane Rimmer](https://film.one/person/shane-rimmer.md) as Belknap, farm manager
- [Joseph Thiaka](https://film.one/person/joseph-thiaka.md) as Kamante
- Stephen Kinyanjui as Kinanjui
- Mike Bugara as Juma
- Job Seda as Kanuthia
- Mohammed Umar as Ismail
- Donal McCann as Doctor
- Kenneth Mason as Banker
- Tristram Jellinek as First Commissioner
- [Stephen B. Grimes](https://film.one/person/stephen-b-grimes.md) as Second Commissioner
- Annabel Maule as Lady Byrne
- Benny Young as Minister
- Sbish Trzebinski as Beefy Drunk
- Allaudin Qureshi as Rajiv
- Niven Boyd as Young Officer
- Iman as Mariammo
- Peter Strong as Huge Man
- Abdulla Sunado as Esa
- Amanda Parkin as Victoria
- Muriel Gross as Lady Delamere
- Ann Palmer as Dowager
- Keith Pearson as Missionary Teacher

## Directing

- [Sydney Pollack](https://film.one/person/sydney-pollack.md): Director
- [David Tomblin](https://film.one/person/david-tomblin.md): First Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Kurt Luedtke](https://film.one/person/kurt-luedtke.md): Screenplay
- Errol Trzebinski: Book
- Karen Blixen: Book
- Judith Thurman: Book

## Production

- Mary Selway: Casting
- [Sydney Pollack](https://film.one/person/sydney-pollack.md): Producer
- Kim Jorgensen: Executive Producer
- Anna Cataldi: Associate Producer
- [Terence A. Clegg](https://film.one/person/terence-a-clegg.md): Co-Producer
- Judith Thurman: Associate Producer

## Camera

- [David Watkin](https://film.one/person/david-watkin.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [William Steinkamp](https://film.one/person/william-steinkamp.md): Editor
- [Sheldon Kahn](https://film.one/person/sheldon-kahn.md): Editor
- [Pembroke J. Herring](https://film.one/person/pembroke-j-herring.md): Editor
- [Fredric Steinkamp](https://film.one/person/fredric-steinkamp.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [John Barry](https://film.one/person/john-barry-2289.md): Original Music Composer, Conductor
- Peter Handford: Sound
- Gary Alexander: Sound
- Larry Stensvold: Sound
- Chris Jenkins: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

## Art

- [Stephen B. Grimes](https://film.one/person/stephen-b-grimes.md): Production Design
- Colin Grimes: Art Direction
- Cliff Robinson: Art Direction
- Josie MacAvin: Set Decoration
- Herbert Westbrook: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- Mary Hillman: Makeup Artist
- [Milena Canonero](https://film.one/person/milena-canonero.md): Costume Design
- [Graham Churchyard](https://film.one/person/graham-churchyard.md): Assistant Costume Designer
- J. Roy Helland: Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
- Norma Hill: Makeup Artist
- Gary Liddiard: Makeup Artist
- Vera Mitchell: Hairstylist
- Joyce James: Hairstylist

## Visual effects

- David Harris: Special Effects Supervisor

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