Cry, the beloved country.
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FilmPublisher number: DAVID3827 | Umbrella EntertainmentSeries: World ClassicsDistributor: Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2018Copyright date: ©1957Description: 1 DVD-video (104 minutes) : black & white ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscUniform titles: Cry, the beloved country (Motion picture : 1951) Subject(s): Paton, Alan, 1903-1988 -- Film adaptations | Fathers and sons -- Drama | Apartheid -- South Africa -- Drama | Race discrimination -- South Africa -- Drama | Segregation -- South Africa -- Drama | Feature films -- Great Britain | Motion pictures, British | Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Race relations -- Drama | Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama | South Africa -- Social conditions -- Drama | South Africa -- Race relations -- Drama | South Africa -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- DramaGenre/Form: Historical films. | Film adaptations. | Feature films. | Fiction films. DDC classification: 791.4372 Production credits: Screenplay adapted from his novel by Alan Paton ; produced and directed by Zoltan Korda.Cast: Sidney Poitier, Canada Lee, Charles Carson, Joyce Carey, Geoffrey Keen, Vivien Clinton, Michael Goodliffe, Albertina Temba, Edric Connor, Lionel Ngakane, Charles McRae, Ribbon Dhlamini.Summary: Cry, The Beloved Country is the BAFTA nominated film of the acclaimed novel by Alan Paton. A black minister, StephenKumalo (Canada Lee) lives a quiet life as a parish priest in the back country of South Africa. When his son, Absolom, leaves the small valley where he grew up, for the bright lights of the city, he goes missing. Afterseveral months of silence, the minister goes to search for him and comes face to face with the squalor and poverty of the Johannesburg slums. Reverend Msimangu (Sidney Poitier) is a young clergyman who joins him in his search, but neither are prepared for what thy discover.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor - DVD | Northam Northam Adult fiction | F CRY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 23/04/2024 | 31111072226051 |
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Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID3827.
Originally produced in the United Kingdom and released as a motion picture in 1951.
Based on the novel by Alan Paton.
Screenplay adapted from his novel by Alan Paton ; produced and directed by Zoltan Korda.
Censorship classification : M.
DVD video, mono, PAL, Region 4, aspect ratio fullframe 4:3 standard.
English dialogue, with no optional subtitles.
Cry, The Beloved Country is the BAFTA nominated film of the acclaimed novel by Alan Paton. A black minister, StephenKumalo (Canada Lee) lives a quiet life as a parish priest in the back country of South Africa. When his son, Absolom, leaves the small valley where he grew up, for the bright lights of the city, he goes missing. Afterseveral months of silence, the minister goes to search for him and comes face to face with the squalor and poverty of the Johannesburg slums. Reverend Msimangu (Sidney Poitier) is a young clergyman who joins him in his search, but neither are prepared for what thy discover.
Sidney Poitier, Canada Lee, Charles Carson, Joyce Carey, Geoffrey Keen, Vivien Clinton, Michael Goodliffe, Albertina Temba, Edric Connor, Lionel Ngakane, Charles McRae, Ribbon Dhlamini.
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