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[[File:South African Film Cases-001.jpg|thumb|300px|''Pens en Pootjies'' and other South African films]] |
[[File:South African Film Cases-001.jpg|thumb|300px|''Pens en Pootjies'' and other South African films]] |
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This is a chronology of films produced in '''South Africa''' or by the [[Cinema of South Africa|South African film industry]]. |
This is a chronology of major films produced in '''South Africa''' or by the [[Cinema of South Africa|South African film industry]]. |
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==1910s–1940s== |
==1910s–1940s== |
Revision as of 06:01, 28 June 2015
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/South_African_Film_Cases-001.jpg/300px-South_African_Film_Cases-001.jpg)
This is a chronology of major films produced in South Africa or by the South African film industry.
1910s–1940s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
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1911 | ||||||
The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery | Adventure | English | South Africa's first dramatic feature. | |||
1916 | ||||||
De Voortrekkers | Harold Shaw | Dick Cruickshanks, Goba | Historical epic | South Africa's white Birth of a Nation depicts Boer pioneers' northward expansion | ||
An Artist's Dream | Denis Sanbry | Dick Cruickshanks | Romantic drama | Animation | ||
1919 | ||||||
Allan Quatermain | Lisle Lucoque | Ray Brown, George Taylor | Adventure | |||
1931 | ||||||
Sarie Marais | Joseph Albrecht | Billy Mathews | Afrikaans | First South African film with sound | ||
1948 | ||||||
Die kaskenades van Dr. Kwak | Pierre de Wet | Pierre de Wet, Gert van den Bergh, Paula Styger | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
1949 | ||||||
African Jim | Donald Swanson | Daniel Adnewmah, Dolly Rathebe, The African Inkspots, Sam Maile,Dan Twala | ||||
Kom saam, vanaand | Afrikaans | |||||
Sarie Marais | Francis Coley | Johann Nell, Helen Faul, Anna Cloete | Afrikaans | Remake of 1931 film of the same title |
1950s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
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1950 | ||||||
1951 | ||||||
Alles sal Regkom | Pierre de Wet | Al Debbo | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
Daar doer in die bosveld | Jamie Uys | Comedy | Afrikaans | |||
1952 | ||||||
Altyd in my drome | Pierre de Wet | Al Debbo | Musical comedy | Afrikaans | ||
1953 | ||||||
1954 | ||||||
1955 | ||||||
Matieland! | Pierre de Wet | Steyn de Jager, Wynona Cheyney, Frederik Burgers | Romantic comedy | Afrikaans | ||
1956 | ||||||
1957 | ||||||
1958 | ||||||
1959 | ||||||
Come Back, Africa | Lionel Rogosin | Bloke Modisane, Miriam Makeba | Documentary | English, Fanakalo, Afrikaans, Zulu |
1960s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
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1960 | ||||||
1961 | ||||||
1962 | ||||||
Lord Oom Piet | Jamie Uys | Jamie Uys, Bob Courtney, Madeleine Usher | Comedy | English/Afrikaans | ||
1963 | ||||||
The Anatomy of Apartheid | Antony Thomas | Documentary | English | |||
1964 | ||||||
1965 | ||||||
Dingaka | Jamie Uys | Ken Gampu, Stanley Baker, Juliet Prowse, Bob Courtney | Drama | Afrikaans, English | ||
All the Way to Paris | Jamie Uys | Jamie Uys, Joe Stewardson, Emil Nofal | Comedy | English | ||
Ride the High Wind/African Gold | David Millin | Darren McGavin, Maria Perschy | ||||
Coast of Skeletons | Robert Lynn | Richard Todd, Dale Robertson, Heinz Drache | ||||
The Second Sin | David Millin | Gert van den Bergh, John Hayter, James White | Action | English | ||
The Naked Prey | Cornel Wilde | Cornel Wilde, Ken Gampu, Patrick Mynhardt | Adventure | English, Afrikaans, Nguni languages | Co-produced with U.S. | |
1966 | ||||||
1967 | ||||||
After You, Comrade | Jamie Uys | |||||
Seven Against the Sun | David Millin | Gert van den Bergh, John Hayter, Brian O'Shaughnessy | Drama, War | English | ||
The Cape Town Affair | Robert D. Webb | Claire Trevor, James Brolin, Jacqueline Bisset | Drama, Thriller | English | Remake of 1953 film Pickup on South Street | |
The Jackals | Robert D. Webb | Vincent Price, Diana Ivarson, Robert Gunner | Adventure, Western | English | ||
1968 | ||||||
Oupa for Sale | Richard Daneel | Arthur Swemmer, Bill Brewer, Wena Naudé | Comedy | Afrikans, English | ||
Die Ruiter in die nag (Rider in the Night) | Jan Perold | Johan van Heerden, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Willie van Rensburg | Drama, War | English, Afrikaans | ||
Dr Kalie | Ivan Hall | Siegfried Mynhardt, Willie de Groot, Wena Naudé | English, Afrikaans | |||
Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe | David Millin | Anthony James, Kerry Jordan, Reinet Maasdorp | War | English | ||
1969 | ||||||
Dirkie (Lost in the Desert) | Jamie Uys | Wynand Uys, Jamie Uys, Pieter Hauptfleisch | Adventure | Afrikaans, English | ||
Geheim van Nantes | Dirk de Villiers | Pieter Hauptfleisch, Francois de Bruyn, Leonie Ross | Deama, Romance | Afrikaans | ||
Katrina | Jans Rautenbach | Katinka Heyns, Jill Kirkland, Don Leonard | Drama, Romance | English, Afrikaans |
1970s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
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1970 | ||||||
Satan's Harvest | George Montgomery, Tippi Hedren, Matt Monro | Action | ||||
Lost in the Desert | Jamie Uys | Wynand Uys, Jamie Uys, Pieter Hauptfleisch | Adventure | English, Afrikaans | ||
Vicki | Ivan Hall | Sandra Britz, Leonie Ross, Johan Esterhuizen | Romance | Afrikaans | Filmed in South Africa - Durban, Margate; Rhodesia | |
Shangani Patrol | David Millin | Brian O'Shaughnessy, Will Hutchins | War | Filmed in Rhodesia | ||
1971 | ||||||
1972 | ||||||
Kaptein Caprivi | Albie Venter | Will Sealie, Norman C. Smith, Ken Hare | Adventure, War | Afrikaans, English | ||
Those Naughty Angels | Neil Hetherington | Family Adventure | English | |||
1973 | ||||||
Aanslag op Kaprivi | Ivan Hall | Will Sealie, Ken Hare, Jannie Hanzen | War | Afrikaans | ||
Mr Kingstreet's War | John Saxon, Tippi Hedren | War | ||||
Die Voortrekkers | David Millin | History, War | Afrikaans | |||
Snip en Rissiepit | Elmo de Witt | Rod Alexander, Rika Sennett, Pieter Hauptfleisch | Drama, Romance | Afrikaans | ||
1974 | ||||||
Animals Are Beautiful People | Jamie Uys | Paddy O'Byrne | Comedy-documentary | English | ||
Boesman and Lena | Ross Devenish | Athol Fugard | ||||
Dans van die Flamink | Ivan Hall | Rod Alexander, Gaby Gertz, Anele Jonker, Sandra Britz | Afrikaans | |||
Dooie Duikers deel nie | Marius Wyers | |||||
Funeral for an Assassin | Ivan Hall | Vic Morrow | Crime | English | ||
Ongewenste Vreemdeling | ||||||
Pens en Pootjies | Dirk de Villiers, Joe Stewardson | Al Debbo, Marié du Toit, Don Leonard, Joe Stewardson | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
1975 | ||||||
Dingetjie is Dynamite | Tobie Cronje | |||||
1976 | ||||||
e'Lollipop | Muntu Ndebele, Norman Knox | |||||
Albino | Jürgen Goslar | Christopher Lee, James Faulkner, Sybil Danning | Thriller, War | English | Filmed in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian Bush War | |
1977 | ||||||
Karate Olympiad/Kill or Be Killed | Ivan Hall | James Ryan (actor) | ||||
Tigers Don't Cry | Peter Collinson | Anthony Quinn, Simon Sabela | Thriller | |||
1978 | ||||||
1979 | ||||||
Forty Days | Franz Marx | Piero von Arnim, Ben Kruger, Annelisa Weiland | Comedy, Drama | |||
Funeral for an Assassin | Ivan Hall | Vic Morrow, Peter van Dissel, Gaby Getz | Drama | English, Afrikaans | ||
Night of the Puppets | Daan Retief | Zoli Marki, Anna Cloete, Leonie Ross | ||||
Plekkie in die Son | William Faure | Jana Cilliers, Regardt van den Bergh, Eckard Rabe | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
Grensbasis 13 | Elmo DeWitt | Danie Joubert | War | Based on the opening skirmishes of the Namibian War of Independence |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
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2010 | ||||||
Bakgat! 2 | ||||||
Jakhalsdans | Darrell Roodt | Theuns Jordaan, Elizma Theron, Janke Bruwer | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
Schuks Tshabalala's Survival Guide to South Africa | Gray Hofmeyr | Leon Schuster, Alfred Ntombela, Sean Higgs | Comedy | English, Afrikaans | ||
The Unforgiving | Al Orr | Ryan Macquet, Craig Hawks, Claire Opperman | Horror | English | ||
Long Street | Revel Fox | Sannie Fox, Roberta Fox, David Butler | ||||
Liefling | Brian Webber | Lika Berning, Bobby van Jaarsveld, Elize Cawood | Musical | Afrikaans | ||
Eternity | ||||||
Life, Above All | Winner of Best Feature Film at the 5th annual South African Film and Television Awards | |||||
Spud | Donovan Marsh | John Cleese, Troye Sivan | Comedy, Drama | English | ||
2011 | ||||||
Beauty | Oliver Hermanus | Scheduled to compete in the Un Certain Regard at Cannes | ||||
Night Drive | ||||||
Paradise Stop | Jann Turner | Rapulana Seiphemo, Kenneth Nkosi, Vusi Kunene | Comedy | English | ||
Visa/Vie | Winner of Best Music Composition in a Feature Film at the 5th annual South African Film and Television Awards for Kesivan Naidoo | |||||
Mad Cow | Michael Wright, Michael J. Rix | English | ||||
The Bang Bang Club | Steven Silver | Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Phillippe, Malin Åkerman | Drama | English | co-produced with Canada | |
How To Steal 2 Million | Charlie Vundla | John Kani, Hlubi Mboya, Menzi Ngubane, Terry Pheto, Rapulana Seiphemo | ||||
'n Saak van Geloof | Diony Kempen | Robbie Wessels, Lelia Etsebeth, Riana Nel | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
Viva Riva! | Djo Tunda Wa Munga | Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Diplome Amekindra | Drama, Thriller | French, Lingala | ||
State of Violence | Khalo Matabane | Fana Mokoena, Presley Chweneyagae, Neo Ntlatleng | Drama | |||
Platteland | Sean Else | Afrikaans | ||||
Getroud Met Rugby | Afrikaans | |||||
2012 | ||||||
Dredd 3D | Pete Travis | |||||
Combat | ||||||
Semi Soet | Joshua Rous | Anel Alexander, Nico Panagiotopoulos, Sandra Vaughn | Romance | Afrikaans | ||
Mad Buddies | Gray Hofmeyr | Leon Schuster, Kenneth Nkosi, Alfred Ntombela | Comedy | |||
Otelo Burning | Sara Blecher | Jafta Mamabolo, Thomas Gumede, Sihle Xaba | Drama | English, Zulu | ||
Lucky | ||||||
Material | ||||||
Agter Die Ligte | Nicholas Costaras, Joe Niemand | Afrikaans | ||||
Pretville | ||||||
Klein Karoo | Regardt van den Bergh | Tim Theron, DonnaLee Roberts, Hykie Berg | Romance | Afrikaans, English | ||
2013 | ||||||
Fanie Fourie's Lobola | Henk Pretorius | Comedy, Romance | Zulu, English, Afrikaans | |||
To the Power of Anne | Robert Anthony Haynes | English | ||||
A Lucky Man | ||||||
Shotgun Garfunkel | Johnny Barbuzano | English | ||||
Spud 2: The Madness Continues | Donovan Marsh | John Cleese, Troye Sivan | Comedy, Drama | English | ||
2014 | ||||||
Spud 3: Learning to Fly | John Barker | John Cleese, Troye Sivan, Caspar Lee | Comedy, Drama | English |
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