Onder andere met: Meryl Streep (Karen Dinesen Blixen), Robert Redford (Denys George Finch Hatton), Klaus Maria Brandauer (Baron Bror Blixen/Baron Hans Blixen), Michael Kitchen (Berkeley Cole), Malick Bowens (Farah), Joseph Thiaka (Kamante), Stephen Kinyanjui (Kinanjui), Michael Gough (Lord Delamere), Suzanna Hamilton (Felicity), Rachel Kempson (Lady Belfield), Graham Crowden (Lord Belfield), Leslie Phillips (Sir Joseph), Mike Bugara (Juma), Shane Rimmer (Belknap, farm manager), Job Seda (Kanuthia),