Cry Freedom
The true story of the friendship that shook South Africa and awakened the world.
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.
- 7.0
- 1987
- Released
- 2h 37m
Kevin Kline
Donald Woods
Denzel Washington
Steve Biko
Penelope Wilton
Wendy Woods
Kate Hardie
Jane Woods
John Matshikiza
Mapetla
Zakes Mokae
Father Kani
John Thaw
Kruger
Kevin McNally
Ken
John Hargreaves
Bruce
Juanita Waterman
Ntsiki Biko
Julian Glover
Don Card
Josette Simon
Dr Ramphele
Timothy West
Capt. De Wet
Miles Anderson
Lemick
Ian Richardson
State Prosecutor
Andrew McCulloch
Policeman Nel
Gerald Sim
Police Doctor
Gary Whelan
Guard
Glen Murphy
Guard
Peter Cartwright
Police Sergeant
Badi Uzzaman
Mortician
Gwyneth Powell
Girl at Funeral
Philip Bretherton
Major Boshoff
Alec McCowen
Acting High Comissioner
Joseph Marcell
Moses
Judy Cornwell
Receptionist
John Paul
Wendy's Father
Gwen Watford
Wendy's Mother
William Marlowe
Police Sergeant
Paul Jerricho
Sergeant Louw
Nick Tate
PilotShelley Borkum
Woods' ReceptionistAlbert Ndinda
AlecEvelyn Sithole
Nurse at ClinicXoliswa Sithole
Nurse at ClinicJames Coine
Young BoyWabei Siyolwe
Tenjy
Tony Vogel
2nd Roadblock Policeman
Michael Graham Cox
3rd Passport Control Officer
Hepburn Graham
SogaGraeme Taylor
Dillon WoodsSophie Mgcina
EvalinaJim Findley
Peter Jones
Garrick Hagon
McElreaAdam Stuart Walker
Duncan WoodsHamish Stuart Walker
Gavin WoodsSpring Stuart Walker
Meg WoodsPatricia Gumede
Shebeen QueenAngela Gavaza
Shebeen Queen's NieceNocebo Mlambo
AuntWalter Matemavi
NephewClement Muchachi
FatherRuth Chinamando
MotherBasil Chidyamathamba
Brother-in-LawMarcy Mushore
NieceAlton Kumalo
SpeakerLawrence Simbarashe
Informer
Carl Chase
Policeman
William Morgan Sheppard
Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)Tichatonga Mazhindu
DilimaNeil McPherson
Lemick's AssistantClaude Maredza
1st Rugby PlayerCarlton Chance
2nd Rugby PlayerRussell Keith Grant
2nd Security GuardMunyaradzi Kanaventi
Samora BikoGeorge Lovell
Nkosinathi Biko
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Nel's Partner
Karen Drury
Young SecretaryNiven Boyd
1st Roadblock PolicemanChristopher Hurst
3rd Roadblock PolicemanDudley Dickin
Nationalist Party DelegateDavid Trevena
Mortician
Robert Phillips
Speaker at FuneralFishoo Tembo
Biko's BrotherPeggy Marsh
Helen Suzman
Gwyneth Strong
Girl at Funeral
Paul Herzberg
BeukesRobert MacNamara
Security PolicemanHans Sittig
Security PolicemanKimpton Mativenga
Black Security PolicemanDavid Henry
Afrikaner FarmerMichael Turner
Judge BoshoffMawa Makondo
JasonKalie Hanekom
Magistrate PrinsStar Ncube
1st PrisonerTommy Buson
Tami
Hilary Minster
1st Passport Control Officer
James Aubrey
2nd Passport Control OfficerPeter Cary
White Frontier PolicemanDominic Kanaventi
Black Frontier PolicemanSam Mathambo
Lesotho Passport OfficerWalter Muparutsa
Lesotho Businessman
Louis Mahoney
Lesotho Goverment OfficialJohn Hartley
4th Passport Control OfficerSimon Shumba
Young Lesotho OfficialMarilyn Poole
Acting High Commissioner's Wife
Released
en
$29,000,000.00
$25,900,000.00
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- #racism
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- #newspaper editor
- #cape town, south africa
- #asylum seekers
- #lesotho
