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Cry Freedom

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Calorie Rating: 221
Released: 1987-11-06
Running Time: 157 Minutes
Budget: 29000000
Revenue 25900000
Homepage: https://www.uphe.com/movies/cry-freedom
Studios: Universal Pictures, Marble Arch Productions,


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 / Directors

David Tomblin
First Assistant Director
Stephen Chigorimbo
Assistant Director


Cast

Kevin Kline
Character: Donald Woods
Denzel Washington
Character: Steve Biko
Penelope Wilton
Character: Wendy Woods

Kate Hardie
Character: Jane Woods
John Matshikiza
Character: Mapetla
Zakes Mokae
Character: Father Kani

John Thaw
Character: Kruger
Kevin McNally
Character: Ken
John Hargreaves
Character: Bruce

Juanita Waterman
Character: Ntsiki Biko
Julian Glover
Character: Don Card
Josette Simon
Character: Dr Ramphele

Timothy West
Character: Capt. De Wet
Miles Anderson
Character: Lemick
Ian Richardson
Character: State Prosecutor

Andrew McCulloch
Character: Policeman Nel
Gerald Sim
Character: Police Doctor
Gary Whelan
Character: Guard

Glen Murphy
Character: Guard
Peter Cartwright
Character: Police Sergeant
Badi Uzzaman
Character: Mortician

Gwyneth Powell
Character: Girl at Funeral
Philip Bretherton
Character: Major Boshoff
Alec McCowen
Character: Acting High Comissioner

Joseph Marcell
Character: Moses
Judy Cornwell
Character: Receptionist
John Paul
Character: Wendy's Father

Gwen Watford
Character: Wendy's Mother
William Marlowe
Character: Police Sergeant
Paul Jerricho
Character: Sergeant Louw

Nick Tate
Character: Pilot
Andrew Whaley
Character: Sub-Editor
Shelley Borkum
Character: Woods' Receptionist

Albert Ndinda
Character: Alec
Evelyn Sithole
Character: Nurse at Clinic
Xoliswa Sithole
Character: Nurse at Clinic

James Coine
Character: Young Boy
Wabei Siyolwe
Character: Tenjy
Tony Vogel
Character: 2nd Roadblock Policeman

Michael Graham Cox
Character: 3rd Passport Control Officer
Hepburn Graham
Character: Soga
Graeme Taylor
Character: Dillon Woods

Sophie Mgcina
Character: Evalina
Jim Findley
Character: Peter Jones
Garrick Hagon
Character: McElrea

Adam Stuart Walker
Character: Duncan Woods
Hamish Stuart Walker
Character: Gavin Woods
Spring Stuart Walker
Character: Meg Woods

Patricia Gumede
Character: Shebeen Queen
Angela Gavaza
Character: Shebeen Queen's Niece
Nocebo Mlambo
Character: Aunt

Walter Matemavi
Character: Nephew
Clement Muchachi
Character: Father
Ruth Chinamando
Character: Mother

Basil Chidyamathamba
Character: Brother-in-Law
Marcy Mushore
Character: Niece
Alton Kumalo
Character: Speaker

Lawrence Simbarashe
Character: Informer
Carl Chase
Character: Policeman
William Morgan Sheppard
Character: Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)

Tichatonga Mazhindu
Character: Dilima
Neil McPherson
Character: Lemick's Assistant
Claude Maredza
Character: 1st Rugby Player

Carlton Chance
Character: 2nd Rugby Player
Russell Keith Grant
Character: 2nd Security Guard
Munyaradzi Kanaventi
Character: Samora Biko

George Lovell
Character: Nkosinathi Biko
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Character: Nel's Partner
Karen Drury
Character: Young Secretary

Niven Boyd
Character: 1st Roadblock Policeman
Christopher Hurst
Character: 3rd Roadblock Policeman
Dudley Dickin
Character: Nationalist Party Delegate

David Trevena
Character: Mortician
Robert Phillips
Character: Speaker at Funeral
Fishoo Tembo
Character: Biko's Brother

Peggy Marsh
Character: Helen Suzman
Gwyneth Strong
Character: Girl at Funeral
Paul Herzberg
Character: Beukes

Robert MacNamara
Character: Security Policeman
Hans Sittig
Character: Security Policeman
Kimpton Mativenga
Character: Black Security Policeman

David Henry
Character: Afrikaner Farmer
Michael Turner
Character: Judge Boshoff
Mawa Makondo
Character: Jason

Kalie Hanekom
Character: Magistrate Prins
Star Ncube
Character: 1st Prisoner
David Guwaza
Character: 2nd Prisoner

Tommy Buson
Character: Tami
Hilary Minster
Character: 1st Passport Control Officer
James Aubrey
Character: 2nd Passport Control Officer

Peter Cary
Character: White Frontier Policeman
Dominic Kanaventi
Character: Black Frontier Policeman
Sam Mathambo
Character: Lesotho Passport Officer

Walter Muparutsa
Character: Lesotho Businessman
Louis Mahoney
Character: Lesotho Goverment Official
John Hartley
Character: 4th Passport Control Officer

Simon Shumba
Character: Young Lesotho Official
Marilyn Poole
Character: Acting High Commissioner's Wife


Production and Crew

John Briley
Screenplay

Jonas Gwangwa
Original Music Composer
George Fenton
Original Music Composer

Ronnie Taylor
Director of Photography
Stuart Craig
Production Design

Norman Spencer
Co-Producer
Michael Seirton
Set Decoration
Terence A. Clegg
Executive Producer

John Briley
Co-Producer
Norman Dorme
Supervising Art Director

John King
Art Direction
George Richardson
Supervising Art Director

Gerry Levy
Production Manager
Martin Gant
Special Effects
David Harris
Special Effects Supervisor

Gift Nyamandi
Special Effects
Allan James
Production Manager

Brian Mann
Dialogue Editor
John Mollo
Costume Design
Vera Mitchell
Hairstylist

Paul Knowles
Special Effects
Paula Gillespie
Hairstylist
Beryl Lerman
Makeup Artist

Michael Crouch
Dialogue Editor
Wally Schneiderman
Makeup Supervisor

Alan Poole
Special Effects
Gavin Bocquet
Assistant Art Director