Cry Freedom (1987)
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
Director:
Richard Attenborough
Writer:
John Briley
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Kevin Kline as Donald Woods |
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Denzel Washington as Steve Biko |
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Penelope Wilton as Wendy Woods |
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Kate Hardie as Jane Woods |
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John Matshikiza as Mapetla |
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Zakes Mokae as Father Kani |
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John Thaw as Kruger |
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Kevin McNally as Ken |
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John Hargreaves as Bruce |
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Juanita Waterman as Ntsiki Biko |
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Julian Glover as Don Card |
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Josette Simon as Dr Ramphele |
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Timothy West as Capt. De Wet |
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Miles Anderson as Lemick |
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Ian Richardson as State Prosecutor |
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Andrew McCulloch as Policeman Nel |
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Gerald Sim as Police Doctor |
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Gary Whelan as Guard |
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Glen Murphy as Guard |
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Peter Cartwright as Police Sergeant |
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Badi Uzzaman as Mortician |
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Gwyneth Powell as Girl at Funeral |
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Philip Bretherton as Major Boshoff |
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Alec McCowen as Acting High Comissioner |
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Joseph Marcell as Moses |
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Judy Cornwell as Receptionist |
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John Paul as Wendy's Father |
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Gwen Watford as Wendy's Mother |
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William Marlowe as Police Sergeant |
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Paul Jerricho as Sergeant Louw |
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Nick Tate as Pilot |
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Andrew Whaley as Sub-Editor |
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Shelley Borkum as Woods' Receptionist |
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Albert Ndinda as Alec |
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Evelyn Sithole as Nurse at Clinic |
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Xoliswa Sithole as Nurse at Clinic |
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James Coine as Young Boy |
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Wabei Siyolwe as Tenjy |
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Tony Vogel as 2nd Roadblock Policeman |
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Michael Graham Cox as 3rd Passport Control Officer |
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Hepburn Graham as Soga |
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Graeme Taylor as Dillon Woods |
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Sophie Mgcina as Evalina |
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Jim Findley as Peter Jones |
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Garrick Hagon as McElrea |
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Adam Stuart Walker as Duncan Woods |
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Hamish Stuart Walker as Gavin Woods |
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Spring Stuart Walker as Meg Woods |
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Patricia Gumede as Shebeen Queen |
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Angela Gavaza as Shebeen Queen's Niece |
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Nocebo Mlambo as Aunt |
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Walter Matemavi as Nephew |
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Clement Muchachi as Father |
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Ruth Chinamando as Mother |
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Basil Chidyamathamba as Brother-in-Law |
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Marcy Mushore as Niece |
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Alton Kumalo as Speaker |
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Lawrence Simbarashe as Informer |
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Carl Chase as Policeman |
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William Morgan Sheppard as Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard) |
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Tichatonga Mazhindu as Dilima |
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Neil McPherson as Lemick's Assistant |
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Claude Maredza as 1st Rugby Player |
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Carlton Chance as 2nd Rugby Player |
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Russell Keith Grant as 2nd Security Guard |
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Munyaradzi Kanaventi as Samora Biko |
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George Lovell as Nkosinathi Biko |
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Graham Fletcher-Cook as Nel's Partner |
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Karen Drury as Young Secretary |
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Niven Boyd as 1st Roadblock Policeman |
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Christopher Hurst as 3rd Roadblock Policeman |
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Dudley Dickin as Nationalist Party Delegate |
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David Trevena as Mortician |
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Robert Phillips as Speaker at Funeral |
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Fishoo Tembo as Biko's Brother |
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Peggy Marsh as Helen Suzman |
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Gwyneth Strong as Girl at Funeral |
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Paul Herzberg as Beukes |
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Robert MacNamara as Security Policeman |
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Hans Sittig as Security Policeman |
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Kimpton Mativenga as Black Security Policeman |
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David Henry as Afrikaner Farmer |
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Michael Turner as Judge Boshoff |
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Mawa Makondo as Jason |
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Kalie Hanekom as Magistrate Prins |
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Star Ncube as 1st Prisoner |
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David Guwaza as 2nd Prisoner |
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Tommy Buson as Tami |
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Hilary Minster as 1st Passport Control Officer |
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James Aubrey as 2nd Passport Control Officer |
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Peter Cary as White Frontier Policeman |
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Dominic Kanaventi as Black Frontier Policeman |
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Sam Mathambo as Lesotho Passport Officer |
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Walter Muparutsa as Lesotho Businessman |
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Louis Mahoney as Lesotho Goverment Official |
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John Hartley as 4th Passport Control Officer |
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Simon Shumba as Young Lesotho Official |
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Marilyn Poole as Acting High Commissioner's Wife |
| Writing | John Briley | Screenplay |
| Editing | Lesley Walker | Editor |
| Writing | Donald Woods | Novel |
| Sound | Jonas Gwangwa | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Richard Attenborough | Producer |
| Sound | George Fenton | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ronnie Taylor | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Richard Attenborough | Director |
| Production | Diana Hawkins | Publicist |
| Art | Stuart Craig | Production Design |
| Production | Norman Spencer | Co-Producer |
| Art | Michael Seirton | Set Decoration |
| Production | Terence A. Clegg | Executive Producer |
| Production | John Briley | Co-Producer |
| Art | Norman Dorme | Supervising Art Director |
| Production | Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Art | John King | Art Direction |
| Art | George Richardson | Supervising Art Director |
| Sound | Simon Kaye | Sound |
| Production | Gerry Levy | Production Manager |
| Crew | Martin Gant | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | David Harris | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Gift Nyamandi | Special Effects |
| Production | Allan James | Production Manager |
| Sound | Gerry Humphreys | Sound |
| Sound | Brian Mann | Dialogue Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Mollo | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Mitchell | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Paul Knowles | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paula Gillespie | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beryl Lerman | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Michael Crouch | Dialogue Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Schneiderman | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sound | Jonathan Bates | Sound |
| Crew | Alan Poole | Special Effects |
| Directing | David Tomblin | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Gavin Bocquet | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Stephen Chigorimbo | Assistant Director |