Vermis
The title Vermis ("gone missing") can refer to:
- The Afrikaans version of a 1940s war-time propaganda film by Joseph Albrecht (known as Reported Missing in English, sometimes listed bilingually as ),
- An Afrikaans radio play by Mari van den Berg (2001)
- A 13-part documentary TV series for local broadcast that tells the stories of ordinary South Africans who have disappeared without a trace. The series is presented by Doreen Morris.
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Reported Missing / Vermis, a film by Joseph Albrecht (1940s)
Reported Missing / Vermis was a propaganda film made for the Red Cross, in an English and an Afrikaans version, the Afrikaans one being titled Vermis.
For more information on this 1940s film, go to the entry for Reported Missing
Vermis an Afrikaans radio drama by Mari van den Berg (2001)
The original text
Written and submitted for the RSG/Sanlam Radiodramakompetisie ("RSG/Sanlam radio drama competition").
Broadcast history
2001: First broadcast on Radio Sonder Grense's drama programme Radioteater on 12 June, 2001, directed by Terrance April.
Sources
Copy of the typed text of the radio drama Vermis as used by RSG in 2001, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022, now held in the ESAT repository held at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Vermis: A 13-part documentary series
The series
A 13-part investigative documentary series for local broadcast, presented by Doreen Morris, that investigates the unsolved cases of South Africa's missing persons to tell the stories of ordinary South Africans who have disappeared without a trace.
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24510202/
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