Die Götter müssen verrückt sein (1980)
Als ein Pilot über der Kalahari-Wüste eine leere Cola-Flasche aus dem Fenster wirft, ahnt er nicht, was für ein Unheil er damit anrichtet. Die Flasche landet nämlich direkt vor den Füßen des Stammeshäuptlings Xixo, der damit überhaupt nichts anzufangen weiß. Nachdem jedes Stammmitglied sich an der Flasche versucht hat, bricht so ein großer Streit unter dem friedlichen Volk aus, dass Xixo beschließt, dieses fragwürdige "Geschenk der Götter" wieder los zu werden. Auf seiner Reise durch Afrika begegnet er dabei Dingen und Menschen, die er noch nie zuvor gesehen hat.
Der Regisseur:
Jamie Uys
Der Autor:
Jamie Uys
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Marius Weyers as Andrew Steyn |
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Sandra Prinsloo as Kate Thompson |
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N!xau as Xi |
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Louw Verwey as Sam Boga |
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Michael Thys as Mpudi |
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Nic De Jager as Jack Hind |
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Fanyana H. Sidumo as Card 1 |
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Joe Seakatsie as Card 2 |
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Brian O'Shaughnessy as Mr. Thompson |
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Ken Gampu as President |
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Paddy O'Byrne as Narrator (voice) |
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Graham Armitage as The Reverend (voice) (uncredited) |
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Vera Blacker as Mrs. Thompson (uncredited) |
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Katinka Heyns as Young Woman with Noise in Her Head (uncredited) |
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Janet Meshad as Kate Thompson (voice) (uncredited) |
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Jamie Uys as The Reverend (uncredited) |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mij Reynolds | Costume Design |
| Directing | Jamie Uys | Director |
| Art | Caroline Burls | Art Direction |
| Production | Boet Troskie | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Buster Reynolds | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Boshoff | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Jamie Uys | Editor |
| Camera | Robert Lewis | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jamie Uys | Producer |
| Writing | Jamie Uys | Screenplay |
| Directing | Kobus Kruger | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Stanford C. Allen | Consulting Editor |
| Editing | Sue Antelme | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Nelson Mabasha | Sound |
| Crew | Daan Retief | Dialogue Coach |
| Camera | Jamie Uys | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gerda van den Broek | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Chris Fellows | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Roelf Van Jaarsveld | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Lombard | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gail Grobbelaar | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Bell | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Paul Ballinger | Special Effects |
| Directing | Di Yates | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Caroline Burls | Script Supervisor |