During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and bleak.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Donald SutherlandBen du Toit
- Janet SuzmanSusan du Toit
- Zakes MokaeStanley Makhaya
- Jürgen ProchnowCaptain Stolz
- Susan SarandonMelanie Bruwer
- Marlon BrandoIan McKenzie
- Winston NtshonaGordon Ngubene
- Thoko NtshingaEmily Ngubene
- Leonard MaguireBruwer
- Gerard ThoolenColonel Viljoen
Crew
- Euzhan PalcyDirector
- Colin WellandScreenplay
- Euzhan PalcyScreenplay
- André P. BrinkNovel
- Kelvin PikeDirector of Photography
- Pierre-William GlennDirector of Photography
- Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
- Glenn CunninghamEditor
- Sam O'SteenEditor
- Paula WeinsteinProducer
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