Cry, the beloved country [videorecording]
2023
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Zoltan Korda directs and produces this South African-set drama based on the novel by Alan Paton. Set in a little village in the scorched valley of Ixopo, the story revolves around the family of Reverend Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee). The Reverend's son, Absalom (Lionel Ngakane), has disappeared and his sister, Gertrude (Ribbon Dhlamini), is ill in Johannesburg. Kumalo leaves his poor village with his life savings in order to go to Johannesburg to try to persuade his sister and son to come home but while there he finds his son has been accused of the murder of the son of a farmer. As both fathers suffer, they tentatively develop a friendship.
Main title:
Cry, the beloved country [videorecording] / producer, Zoltan Korda; producer, Alan Paton.
Author:
Korda, Zoltan, directorLee, Canada, actorPoitier, Sidney, actorCarson, Charles, 1885-1977, actorPaton, Alan, book author
Imprint:
StudioCanal, 2023.
Collation:
1 videodisc (91 min.) : col.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Interviews (Canada Lee (actor); Lionel Ngakane (actor)), Other documentaries ('In Darkest Hollywood'; 'Africa: Alan Paton' (1962)), Image gallery, African Mirror footage of the world premiere.Made in 1952.Based on the novel by Alan Paton.Credits: director, Zoltan Korda; writer, Alan Paton.DVDN.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson, Joyce Carey, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Goodliffe, Edric Connor, Charles McRae, Lionel Ngakane, Vivien Clinton.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.4371358
Language:
English
BRN:
3711175