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6.9/10   186 votes
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Director:
Zoltan Korda
Writers (WGA):
Alan Paton (novel)
Alan Paton (screenplay)
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Release Date:
15 August 1952 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Filmed in Africa...Where It Was Lived! more
Plot:
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city to search for his missing son... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A great film of South Africa more
US TV Schedule:
Mon. July 2710:30 AMTCM   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Canada Lee ... Stephen Kumalo
Charles Carson ... James Jarvis

Sidney Poitier ... Reverend Msimangu
Joyce Carey ... Margaret Jarvis
Geoffrey Keen ... Father Vincent

Michael Goodliffe ... Martens, Probation Official at Reformatory
Edric Connor ... John Kumalo, Brother of Stephen
Charles McRae ... Church Friend of Stephen
Lionel Ngakane ... Absolom Kumalo, Son of Stephen
Vivien Clinton ... Mary (Wedded to Absolom)
Albertina Temba ... Mrs. Kumalo, Wife of Stephen
Bruce Anderson ... Frank Smith, Farmer and Friend of James Jarvis
Bruce Meredith Smith ... Captain Jaarsveldt, Policeman Bearing News of Murder
Berdine Grunewald ... Mary Jarvis, Wife of Arthur
Cecil Cartwright ... Harrison, Father of Mary Jarvis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
African Fury
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Runtime:
103 min | Canada:96 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

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Trivia:
The film was shot in South Africa. Since the country was ruled by strict apartheid (enforced racial separation) laws, stars Sidney Poitier and Canada Lee and producer/director Zoltan Korda cooked up a scheme where they told the South African immigration authorities that Poitier and Lee were not actors but were Korda's indentured servants; otherwise, the two black actors and the white director would not have been allowed to associate with each other while they were in the country. more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Lost in the Stars (1974) more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
A great film of South Africa, 21 February 1999
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Author: druce from Brooklyn, New York

A powerful, deep, and complex story of an interracial crime in 1940s Johannesburg. As in The Grapes Of Wrath, the spotlight is on the human struggle and heartbreak of a racially divided society instead of the inevitable political and moral overtones, and the result is the story of a generation.

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