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Fiela's Child

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Calorie Rating: 148
Released: 1988-01-01
Running Time: 105 Minutes


The acclaimed drama based on Dalene Matthee´s award-winning novel. "Fiela se Kind" (Fiela's Child) is the story of a white foundling boy that is raised by a brown family. But the childs life changes irrevocably when white census officials discover him living across the established borders of society, and he is removed from his foster parents. "This is the moving story about a close family being torn apart by the social convictions of the day. It is the story of a mother´s enduring love and hope to see her taken son again. Fiela is a down to earth woman farmer who does not let anyone step on her. She raised a white castaway child, Benjamin, and teaches him the simple things in life."

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Cast

Shaleen Surtie-Richards
Character: Fiela Komoetie
André Rossouw
Character: Elias van Rooyen
Lida Botha
Character: Barta van Rooyen

Dawid Minnaar
Character: Benjamin Sr
Jan Ellis
Character: Benjamin Jr.
Marchelle Verwey
Character: Nina Sr

Annie Malan
Character: Nina Jr
Limpie Basson
Character: Kaliel September
Isobella Bosman
Character: Malie

Goliath Davids
Character: Selling Komoetie
Hermien Dommisse
Character: Miss Weatherbury
Ernst Eloff
Character: Magistrate

Alex Heyns
Character: Petrus Zondagh
Schalk Jacobsz
Character: Hans Oukas
Jacques Loots
Character: Lange

Dalene Matthee
Character: Sofie
Gamiet Petersen
Character: Joop Stroep
Gerrit Snyman
Character: Canstable

Flip Theron
Character: Mr Kapp
Cobus Visser
Character: Dikke
Louw Verwey
Character: John Benn

Ted Whitehead
Character: Oubasie
Kamalie Kamalodien
Character: Brown Man


Production and Crew

David Stone
Sound Designer

Edgar Bold
Executive Producer