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Die Square (1975)
Character: Hannes Kruger
A traditional famer seen as the new voice of Afrikaners. He crumbles when his wife leaves him for another man
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Die Bankrower (1973)
Character: N/A
The son of a banker decides to steal money from the bank to double it through gambling and then returning it. Unfortunately for him, he is being watched as he succeeds, and interesting events and twists follow.
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Kavaliers (1966)
Character: Sarel van der Merwe
General de Wet asks Boer soldier and Kavalier leader Chris Botha to select 100 of his best men for a “suicide mission” behind enemy lines. First the Kavaliers steal ammunition from right under the noses of the British, and then they leave behind a note taunting the enemy about it.
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Debbie (1965)
Character: Bennie
An innocent Afrikaans farm girl goes to the city and gets herself pregnant out of wedlock.
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Faan se Trein (2014)
Character: Oom Frik Oosthuysen
Faan se Trein is about a simple-minded man living in a tiny Karoo community. When his father dies, leaving all his possessions to Faan and the church, greed rears its head and divides the community... Until love restores their sanity.
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Die Kandidaat (1968)
Character: Anton du Toit
This multi-faceted drama, which depicts a group of intellectual Afrikaners struggling with pertinent moral, ethical and racial issues in apartheid South Africa, is widely acknowledged as one of Jans Rautenbach’s finest films.
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Liefde vir Lelik (1972)
Character: Hannes Lombard
A young boy loses his parents in a car crash all he has left is his loyal dog "lelik".He now must go live with his drunk uncle who doesn't care at all for the boy.
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Lelik Is My Offer (1975)
Character: Hannes Lombard
Hannes Lombard is a medical doctor who was struck off the roll for substance abuse. He takes refuge on a farm in northern Natal, where his farming efforts are unsuccessful. Buks, his godson is sent to live with him. He’s quite happy to swop city life for a carefree life on the farm with new playmates in a new school. He and Sproetie, the neighbours’ little girl soon become great friends and their laid-back existence becomes even more idyllic when Hannes gives them each a horse. But the serpent sneaks into paradise. Lelik, Buks’s dog startles Sproetie’s horse, who throws her. The fall leaves Sproetie paralysed, and Buks is consumed by selfreproach. But it is old Willem, the farmhand, and his simple wisdom who makes life bearable again for everyone.
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Salomien (1972)
Character: Dominee Chris Pienaar
Salomien is sent to prison for murdering her husband, Ernst. She is suffering from amnesia, but the prison's chaplain believes she will be able to remember by writing down her fragmented memories. This the story of her husband's murder unfolds
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My Broer Se Bril (1972)
Character: N/A
Twenty years ago, twin brothers Adriaan and Paul van der Bijl went their separate ways after an argument that left Adriaan blind. Embittered, Adriaan stayed on in his diabetic father’s mansion, eventually marrying the sick man’s beautiful nurse Marie.On the day of his father’s funeral, which Adriaan does not attend, Paul returns. The brothers’ meeting is not friendly: a shot rings out, and one lies dead. Adriaan tells his manservant, Freddie, that he killed Paul in self-defence. As the two are trying to dispose of the body, a detective knocks on the door. He has been hired to find Paul, who may be a beneficiary in the old man’s will. And to make matters worse, Marie is becoming suspicious as well.
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Soweto Green (1995)
Character: Vossie
An American couple moves to Johannesburg after Nelson Mandela is elected president.
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Jannie totsiens (1970)
Character: Prof. Jannie Pienaar
A new arrival to a mental institute is ostracised by the other patients, until they use him as a scapegoat when another patient dies.
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African Story (1971)
Character: Murray
After his top client, popular singer Rex Maynard, runs away to South Africa with his daughter, powerful producer Arnold Tiller stages Maynard's fake kidnapping out of revenge. Maynard escapes only to be pursued by real kidnappers.
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The Fourth Reich (1990)
Character: Dr. Hans van Rensburg
Robey Leibbrandt was a South African boxer who became fascinated with Nazi ideology during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In1939 he led an operation to overthrow the pro-Allied government of General Jan Smuts.
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Die Wonderwerker (2012)
Character: Jos van Deventer
Die Wonderwerker tells the story of Eugène Marais, a famous Afrikaans writer, poet and researcher. The story focuses on the few months he spends on the Van Rooyen's farm, where he falls in love with the 19-year-old Jane Brayshaw.
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