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Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom1987

★7.0157 minDrama

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

Richard Attenborough

Writer

Score

George Fenton Jonas Gwangwa

Stars

Kevin Kline Denzel Washington Penelope Wilton

Cast98

Kevin Kline
as Donald Woods
Denzel Washington
as Steve Biko
Penelope Wilton
as Wendy Woods
Kate Hardie
as Jane Woods
John Matshikiza
as Mapetla
Zakes Mokae
as Father Kani
John Thaw
as Kruger
Kevin McNally
as Ken
John Hargreaves
as Bruce
Juanita Waterman
as Ntsiki Biko
Julian Glover
as Don Card
Josette Simon
as Dr Ramphele
Timothy West
as Capt. De Wet
Miles Anderson
as Lemick
Ian Richardson
as State Prosecutor
Andrew McCulloch
as Policeman Nel
Gerald Sim
as Police Doctor
Gary Whelan
as Guard
Glen Murphy
as Guard
Peter Cartwright
as Police Sergeant
Badi Uzzaman
as Mortician
Gwyneth Powell
as Girl at Funeral
Philip Bretherton
as Major Boshoff
Alec McCowen
as Acting High Comissioner
Joseph Marcell
as Moses
Judy Cornwell
as Receptionist
John Paul
as Wendy's Father
Gwen Watford
as Wendy's Mother
William Marlowe
as Police Sergeant
P
Paul Jerricho
as Sergeant Louw
Nick Tate
as Pilot
Andrew Whaley
as Sub-Editor
S
Shelley Borkum
as Woods' Receptionist
A
Albert Ndinda
as Alec
E
Evelyn Sithole
as Nurse at Clinic
X
Xoliswa Sithole
as Nurse at Clinic
J
James Coine
as Young Boy
W
Wabei Siyolwe
as Tenjy
Tony Vogel
as 2nd Roadblock Policeman
Michael Graham Cox
as 3rd Passport Control Officer
Hepburn Graham
as Soga
G
Graeme Taylor
as Dillon Woods
S
Sophie Mgcina
as Evalina
J
Jim Findley
as Peter Jones
Garrick Hagon
as McElrea
A
Adam Stuart Walker
as Duncan Woods
H
Hamish Stuart Walker
as Gavin Woods
S
Spring Stuart Walker
as Meg Woods
P
Patricia Gumede
as Shebeen Queen
A
Angela Gavaza
as Shebeen Queen's Niece
N
Nocebo Mlambo
as Aunt
W
Walter Matemavi
as Nephew
C
Clement Muchachi
as Father
R
Ruth Chinamando
as Mother
B
Basil Chidyamathamba
as Brother-in-Law
M
Marcy Mushore
as Niece
A
Alton Kumalo
as Speaker
L
Lawrence Simbarashe
as Informer
Carl Chase
as Policeman
William Morgan Sheppard
as Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)
T
Tichatonga Mazhindu
as Dilima
N
Neil McPherson
as Lemick's Assistant
C
Claude Maredza
as 1st Rugby Player
C
Carlton Chance
as 2nd Rugby Player
R
Russell Keith Grant
as 2nd Security Guard
M
Munyaradzi Kanaventi
as Samora Biko
G
George Lovell
as Nkosinathi Biko
Graham Fletcher-Cook
as Nel's Partner
Karen Drury
as Young Secretary
N
Niven Boyd
as 1st Roadblock Policeman
C
Christopher Hurst
as 3rd Roadblock Policeman
D
Dudley Dickin
as Nationalist Party Delegate
D
David Trevena
as Mortician
Robert Phillips
as Speaker at Funeral
F
Fishoo Tembo
as Biko's Brother
P
Peggy Marsh
as Helen Suzman
Gwyneth Strong
as Girl at Funeral
Paul Herzberg
as Beukes
R
Robert MacNamara
as Security Policeman
H
Hans Sittig
as Security Policeman
K
Kimpton Mativenga
as Black Security Policeman
D
David Henry
as Afrikaner Farmer
M
Michael Turner
as Judge Boshoff
M
Mawa Makondo
as Jason
K
Kalie Hanekom
as Magistrate Prins
S
Star Ncube
as 1st Prisoner
D
David Guwaza
as 2nd Prisoner
T
Tommy Buson
as Tami
Hilary Minster
as 1st Passport Control Officer
James Aubrey
as 2nd Passport Control Officer
P
Peter Cary
as White Frontier Policeman
D
Dominic Kanaventi
as Black Frontier Policeman
S
Sam Mathambo
as Lesotho Passport Officer
W
Walter Muparutsa
as Lesotho Businessman
Louis Mahoney
as Lesotho Goverment Official
J
John Hartley
as 4th Passport Control Officer
S
Simon Shumba
as Young Lesotho Official
M
Marilyn Poole
as Acting High Commissioner's Wife

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