Peter Strong

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.

20世紀初頭のアフリカを舞台に、愛と冒険に生きたひとりの女の半生を描いた一大ロマンス。スウェーデン貴族と結婚し、ケニアに渡って来たデンマーク人の令嬢カレン。だがそこには幸せな結婚生活は無く、農場経営も思うように進まない。そんな彼女の前にサファリのガイドを務めている冒険家が現れた……。アカデミー賞7部門受賞。