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.
Directed by James Hill and Tom McGowan
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
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Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
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Cast
Virginia McKenna
Joy Adamson
Bill Travers
George Adamson
Geoffrey Keen
Kendall
Crew
John Barry
Original Music Composer
Carl Foreman
Executive Producer
Don Black
Lyricist
John Barry
Songs
Popular Reviews
11 reviews
ciara orr
8.0★ · 12/26/25
she was too attached to the lion
she was too attached to the lion
cinedelun
4.0★ · 12/02/24
BIG CATS !!!!
BIG CATS !!!!
Josie
7.0★ · 01/11/24
- What's wrong with the zoo anyway?
- nothing, except that she won't be free
- and is freedom so important?
- yes, yes! She was born free, and she has the right to live free!
- What's wrong with the zoo anyway?
- nothing, except that she won't be free
- and is freedom so important?
- yes, yes! She was born free, and she has the right to live free!
