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Cast verified as complete
Jodhi May | ... |
Molly Roth
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Jeroen Krabbé | ... |
Gus Roth
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Barbara Hershey | ... |
Diana Roth
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Nadine Chalmers | ... |
Yvonne Abelson
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Maria Pilar | ... |
Spanish Dance Teacher
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Kate Fitzpatrick | ... |
June Abelson
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Tim Roth | ... |
Harold
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Phyllis Naidoo | ... |
Sareda
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Linda Mvusi | ... |
Elsie
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Carolyn Clayton-Cragg | ... |
Miriam Roth
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Yvonne Bryceland | ... |
Bertha
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Mackay Tickey | ... |
Milius
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Merav Gruer | ... |
Jude Roth
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Albee Lesotho | ... |
Solomon
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Clement Muchachi | ... |
Sipho
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Paul Freeman | ... |
Kruger
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Esma Levend | ... |
Whitworth
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Rosalie Crutchley | ... |
Mrs. Harris
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Toby Salaman | ... |
Gerald Abelson
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Theresa Memela | ... |
Peggy
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Stephen Williams | ... |
Arresting Officer
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Adrian Dunbar | ... |
Le Roux
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David Suchet | ... |
Muller
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Jo-Anne Huckle | ... |
Debbie
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Margaret Hogan | ... |
History Teacher
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Nomaziko Zondo | ... |
Thandle
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Andrew Proctor | ... |
Arresting Officer
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Andrew Whaley | ... |
Interrogating Officer
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Cont Mhlanga | ... |
Mtutureli Niekwu
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Jude Akuwudike | ... |
Priest
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Directed by
Chris Menges |
Written by
Shawn Slovo | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
Tim Bevan | ... | executive producer |
Graham Bradstreet | ... | executive producer |
Sarah Radclyffe | ... | producer |
Shawn Slovo | ... | associate producer |
Music by
Hans Zimmer |
Cinematography by
Peter Biziou | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Nicolas Gaster |
Editorial Department
Simon Cowper | ... | second assistant film editor |
Anne Sopel | ... | first assistant film editor |
Casting By
Susie Figgis |
Production Design by
Brian Morris |
Art Direction by
Michael Philips | ... | (as Mike Philips) |
Costume Design by
Nic Ede |
Makeup Department
Elaine Carew | ... | makeup artist |
Susan Haines | ... | assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist |
Peter Owen | ... | wig maker |
Maureen Stephenson | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Caroline Hewitt | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Isaac Mabhikwa | ... | third assistant director |
Rupert Ryle-Hodges | ... | second assistant director: crowd |
Chris Thompson | ... | second assistant director |
Guy Travers | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Barry Arnold | ... | stand-by props |
Karen Brookes | ... | production buyer (as Karen Brooks) |
Jim Carlisle | ... | construction manager |
Jerry Delaney | ... | stand-by stagehand |
Nourie Dollie | ... | carpenter |
Bob Douglas | ... | property storeman |
Mark Fruin | ... | dressing props |
David Guwaza | ... | assistant props |
Shuna Herscovitz | ... | assistant property buyer |
Norman Kanongwa | ... | plasterer |
Chris Mason | ... | supervising painter |
Jim McNeil | ... | supervising carpenter |
Gift Nyamandi | ... | assistant props |
Seamus O'Sullivan | ... | stand-by carpenter |
George Peters | ... | sign painter |
Gordon Phillips | ... | stand-by props |
David Reilly | ... | property master |
Mark Reynolds | ... | location property master |
Carine Tredgold | ... | assistant art director |
Roden West | ... | assistant props |
Sound Department
Judy Freeman | ... | sound recordist |
Mark Holding | ... | sound assistant |
Amon Matembere | ... | sound trainee |
Laurie McDowell | ... | assistant dubbing editor |
Clive Pendry | ... | assistant dubbing mixer |
Rex Phillips | ... | boom operator |
Bob Risk | ... | dialogue editor |
Hugh Strain | ... | dubbing mixer |
Budge Tremlett | ... | dubbing editor |
Sarah Vickers | ... | footsteps editor / foley editor (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Ronald Anscombe | ... | focus puller |
David Appleby | ... | still photographer |
Bill Beenham | ... | stand-by rigger |
Peter Bloor | ... | gaffer |
Simon Buthelezi | ... | electrician |
Peter Casey | ... | generator operator |
John Foster | ... | clapper loader |
Bill Geddes | ... | camera grip |
Craig Haagensen | ... | camera operator: second unit |
Eddie Knight | ... | electrician |
Cephas Mathimba | ... | electrician |
Godwin Mawuru | ... | camera trainee |
Alan McPherson | ... | best boy electric (as Alan Macpherson) |
Stewart Monteith | ... | electrician |
Mike Proudfoot | ... | camera operator |
Neville Rhodes | ... | stand-by rigger |
Dave Ridout | ... | electrician |
Elliot Sewape | ... | electrician |
Jim Welsh | ... | stand-by rigger |
Jason Wrenn | ... | clapper loader |
Casting Department
Simon Shumba | ... | extras casting |
Andrew Whaley | ... | extras casting |
Abi Cohen | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Electra Garaba | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Tabitha Khumalo | ... | wardrobe trainee |
Stewart Meachem | ... | wardrobe master |
Virginia Mkiza | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Stanford Phiri | ... | tailor |
Susie Stokes | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Location Management
Titus Chikoto | ... | location assistant |
Rory Kilalea | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Al Clay | ... | music recordist |
Tonia Davall | ... | music contractor |
Brian Gulland | ... | orchestrator |
Henry Mlauzi | ... | choir master |
Mark Berrow | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Penny Eyles | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Paul Fisher | ... | transportation manager |
Moncton Mutswairo | ... | assistant transportation |
Mick Snell | ... | action vehicle coordinator (as Mike Snell) |
Additional Crew
Margaret Barrett | ... | trainee |
Jeremy Brickhill | ... | assistant to director |
Harve Bruno | ... | financial consultant |
Martin Cook | ... | production accountant |
Nora Dunfee | ... | dialect director |
Francis Duppa-White | ... | production secretary |
Eliah Fero | ... | accounting assistant |
Marianne Jacobs | ... | production secretary |
Carolyn Jardine | ... | publicist |
Paul Jordan | ... | police advisor |
Jocelyne May | ... | tutor chaperone |
Cont Mhlanga | ... | crowd coordinator |
Thandike Mkwananzi | ... | unit nurse |
Fiona Morham | ... | assistant to producer |
Andrew Moyo | ... | trainee |
Sue Sheldon | ... | production coordinator |
Joyce Sikakane | ... | technical advisor |
Joan Washington | ... | dialog consultant: London |
Susan Weisenbacher | ... | catering manager |
Medicine Zimbiti | ... | production trainee |
Jonathan Dana | ... | studio executive (uncredited) |
Richard Morrison | ... | title designer (uncredited) |
Thanks
Ruth First | ... | this film is for her and for the thousands who have died in the struggle for a free South Africa |
Production Companies
- Atlantic Entertainment Group
- British Screen Productions
- Channel Four Films
- Hippo Films, Zimbabwe
- Working Title Films
- World Apart
Distributors
- Atlantic Releasing Corporation (1988) (United States) (theatrical)
- Palace Pictures (1988) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Greater Union Organisation (GUO) (1988) (Australia) (theatrical) (through 'Roadshow Film Distributors')
- Meteor Film Productions (1988) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (as Meteor Film)
- Roadshow Films (1988) (Australia) (theatrical) (through 'Greater Union Film Distributors')
- The Movies (1988) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- UGC-Europe 1 (1988) (France) (theatrical)
- Cineplex Odeon Films (1989) (Canada) (theatrical)
- VCL Communications (1989) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Media Home Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS) (pan and scan)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Centrala Dystrybucji Filmów (1989) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Vic Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Blowup (stills processing)
- Freeway CAM B.V. (collection account management)
- Joe Dunton & Company (camera equipment provided by)
- Lee Lighting (grip and lighting equipment)
- Sapex Scripts (post-production script services)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue for her as although, under apartheid, the Roths largely exist among other white people like them, she feels equally comfortable around the black people in her life, such as their servants and her parents' black friends. Beyond knowing that they are busy in their work, Molly is unaware of the full extent of what her parents do, Gus a leading member of the South African Communist Party and Ruth an anti-apartheid journalist who also secretly works for the underground in support of the outlawed African National Congress. Shortly after Gus quietly escapes the country to evade probable arrest by the government - Molly believing it just a short work related trip - Molly's carefree life starts to unravel when Diana is detained for ninety days under a new law that allows such detention without ever even being charged with a criminal offense. The goal of Diana's interrogators, led by Inspector Muller, is to get her to divulge details especially of the underground, most specifically proverbial "names". Beyond missing her mother, Molly begins to resent the anti-apartheid work which has directly and indirectly impacted her life in a negative way, she wanting a mother, not an activist-mother. As the situation with Diana evolves, which includes someone needing to act as caregivers to Molly and her younger sisters while Diana is in detention, Molly gets a broader perspective of her situation under apartheid as she is able to see more of life just outside her protected white enclave, and as she is made aware of what Diana is trying to achieve for society in her work. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | South Africa, 1963. A mother's love. A family's courage. See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The first non-collaborative film score composed by Hans Zimmer. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Big Business/A Taxing Woman/The Presidio/Bull Durham/Travelling North (1988). See more » |
Soundtracks | Let's Twist Again See more » |
Quotes |
Muller:
[threateningly in interrogation]
Do you miss your children? [pause] Muller: Why don't you answer? Diana Roth: Because it's a stupid question. See more » |