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Cry Freedom - Richard Attenborough

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Directed by: 
Richard Attenborough
Story by: 
Donald Woods
Screenplay by: 
John Briley
Produced by: 
Richard Attenborough
Release year: 
1987
Country: 
United Kingdom
South Africa
Runtime: 
157min
Genre: 
Biographical film
Historical fiction
Drama
Music by: 
George Fenton
Jonas Gwangwa
Soundtrack: 
Cry Freedom
Subjects: 
Racism
Tagline: 
The true story of the friendship that shook South Africa and awakened the world.
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Plot: 
Donald Woods is chief editor of the liberal newspaper Daily Dispatch in South Africa. He has written several editorials critical of the views of Steve Biko. But after having met him for the first time, he changes his opinion. They meet several times, and this means that Woods and his family get attention from the security police. When Steve Biko dies in police custody, he writes a book about Biko. The only way to get it published is for Woods himself to illegally escape the country.
Cast: 
Kevin Kline
as
Donald Woods
Denzel Washington
as
Stephen Biko
Penelope Wilton
as
Wendy Woods
John Thaw
as
Kruger
Ian Richardson
as
State Prosecutor
John Paul
as
Wendy's stepfather
Kevin McNally
as
Ken
Kate Hardie
as
Jane Woods
Josette Simon
as
Dr. Ramphele
Wabei Siyolwe
as
Tenjy
John Matshikiza
as
Mapetla
Juanita Waterman
as
Ntsiki Biko
Evelyn Sithole
as
Nurse at clinic #1
Xoliswa Sithole
as
Nurse at clinic #2
James Coine
as
Young boy
Albert Ndinda
as
Alec
Andrew Whaley
as
Sub-Editor
Shelley Borkum
as
Woods' receptionist
Graeme Taylor
as
Dillon Woods
Adam Stuart Walker
as
Duncan Woods
Hamish Stuart Walker
as
Gavin Woods
Spring Stuart Walker
as
Mary Woods
Sophie Mgcina
as
Evalina
Jim Findley
as
Peter Jones
Patricia Gumede
as
Shebeen Queen
Angela Gavaza
as
Shebeen Queen's niece
Nocebo Mlambo
as
Aunt
Walter Matemavi
as
Nephew
Clement Muchachi
as
Father
Ruth Chinamando
as
Mother
Basil Chidyamathamba
as
Brother-in-law
Marcy Mushore
as
Niece
Alton Kumalo
as
Speaker
Lawrence Simbarashe
as
Informer
Timothy West
as
Captain De Wet
Carl Chase
as
Policeman #1
William Morgan Sheppard
as
Policeman #2
Tichatonga Mazhindu
as
Dilima
Zakes Mokae
as
Father Kani
Miles Anderson
as
Lemick
Neil McPherson
as
Lemick's assistant
Hepburn Graham
as
Soga
Claude Maredza
as
1st Rugby player
Carlton Chance
as
2nd Rugby player
Glen Murphy
as
1st Secuity guard
Russell Keith Grant
as
2nd Security guard
Munyaradzi Kanaventi
as
Samora Biko
George Lovell
as
Nkosinathi Biko
Andrew McCulloch
as
Policeman Nel
Graham Fletcher-Cook
as
Nel's partner
Karen Drury
as
Young secretary
Niven Boyd
as
1st Roadblock policeman
Tony Vogel
as
2nd Roadblock policeman
Christopher Hurst
as
3rd Roadblock policeman
Gerald Sim
as
Police doctor
Peter Cartwright
as
Senior police officer
Gary Whelan
as
Police sergeant
Dudley Dickin
as
Nationalist Party delegate
David Trevena
as
Mortician
Badi Uzzaman
as
Mortician's assistant
Robert Phillips
as
Speaker at funeral
Fishoo Tembo
as
Biko's brother
Peggy Marsh
as
Helen Suzman
Gwyneth Strong
as
Girl at funeral
Julian Glover
as
Don Card
John Hargreaves
as
Bruce
Philip Bretherton
as
Major Boshoff
Paul Herzberg
as
Beukes
Robert MacNamara
as
Security policeman #1
Hans Sittig
as
Security policeman #2
Kimpton Mativenga
as
Black security policeman
David Henry
as
Afrikaner farmer
Michael Turner
as
Judge Boshoff
Mawa Makondo
as
Jason
Kalie Hanekom
as
Magistrate Prins
Paul Jerricho
as
Sergeant Louw
Star Ncube
as
1st Prisoner
David Guwaza
as
2nd Prisoner
Tommy Buson
as
Tami
Joseph Marcell
as
Moses
Hilary Minster
as
1st Passport Control officer
James Aubrey
as
2nd Passport Control officer
Peter Cary
as
White frontier policeman
Dominic Kanaventi
as
Black frontier policeman
Sam Mathambo
as
Lesotho passport officer
Walter Muparutsa
as
Lesotho businessman
Judy Cornwell
as
Receptionist
Alec McCowen
as
Acting High Commissioner
Gwen Watford
as
Wendy's mother
Louis Mahoney
as
Lesotho government official
Michael Graham Cox
as
3rd Passport Control officer
John Hartley
as
4th Passport Control officer
Simon Shumba
as
Young Lesotho official
Garrick Hagon
as
McElrea
Nick Tate
as
Richie
Marilyn Poole
as
Acting High Commissioner's wife
William Marlowe
as
Police captain at Soweto
Leonard Boucher
Ian McNeice

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