Cry Freedom (1987)
24-11-1975. Steve Biko, een zwarte activist in Zuid Afrika, leert een blanke redacteur hoe het leven is van de onderdrukte zwarten, die van de blanke bevelhebbers na zessen niet over straat mogen. Steve Biko sterft in een cel maar de redacteur zet zijn strijd voort en probeert uit Zuid-Afrika te komen, de schreeuw om vrijheid.
Regiseur:
Richard Attenborough
Schrijver:
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 |
| Directing | Richard Attenborough | Director |
| Writing | John Briley | Screenplay |
| Writing | Donald Woods | Novel |
| Production | Richard Attenborough | Producer |
| Sound | George Fenton | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jonas Gwangwa | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Lesley Walker | Editor |
| Camera | Ronnie Taylor | Director of Photography |
| Production | Diana Hawkins | Publicist |
| Art | Stuart Craig | Production Design |
| Production | John Briley | Co-Producer |
| Production | Terence A. Clegg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Norman Spencer | Co-Producer |
| Production | Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Art | Norman Dorme | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | John King | Art Direction |
| Art | George Richardson | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Michael Seirton | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Mollo | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paula Gillespie | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beryl Lerman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Mitchell | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Schneiderman | Makeup Supervisor |
| Production | Allan James | Production Manager |
| Production | Gerry Levy | Production Manager |
| Sound | Jonathan Bates | Sound |
| Sound | Michael Crouch | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Gerry Humphreys | Sound |
| Sound | Simon Kaye | Sound |
| Sound | Brian Mann | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Martin Gant | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | David Harris | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Paul Knowles | Special Effects |
| Crew | Gift Nyamandi | Special Effects |
| Crew | Alan Poole | Special Effects |
| Directing | David Tomblin | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Gavin Bocquet | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Stephen Chigorimbo | Assistant Director |