"At the far ends of the earth she found a reason to live, and a cause to fight for."

1988

2h 9m

7.0(675 votes)

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The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Sigourney Weaver

Dian Fossey

Bryan Brown

Bob Campbell

Julie Harris

Roz Carr

John Omirah Miluwi

Sembagare

Iain Cuthbertson

Dr. Louis Leakey

Konstantin Aleksandrov

Claude Van Veeten

Waigwa Wachira

Mukara

Iain Glen

Brendan

David Lansbury

Larry

Maggie O'Neill

Kim

Creative team

Directed by: Michael Apted
Written by: Anna Hamilton Phelan
Tab Murphy
Produced by: Arne Glimcher
Terence A. Clegg

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