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The radio series was adapted for television and broadcast by the [[SABC]] in 1978. | The radio series was adapted for television and broadcast by the [[SABC]] in 1978. | ||
| + | Written by [[Kobus Louw]], based on his radio serial of the same name, directed by [[Fred Nel]] with a cast that included | ||
| + | [[Francois de Bruyn]], [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[Kita Redelinghuys]], [[Allan Dyssel]], [[Mees Xteen]], [[Harriet Pienaar]], [[Jacques Bosch]], [[Danie Smuts]], [[Chris Bezuidenhout]], [[Ben Blanckenberg]] (as [[Bennie Blanckenberg]]), [[Isobel Pienaar]] (as [[Isabel Pienaar]]) and [[Dawid van der Walt]]. | ||
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| + | Music by [[Bennie Bierman]], cinematography by [[Stewart A. Farnell]] and [[Neil Forsyth]], vision mix by [[Peter Bode]], and edited by [[Niel Rossouw]] | ||
= ''[[Die Seepsteenbataljon]]'' - The novelization = | = ''[[Die Seepsteenbataljon]]'' - The novelization = | ||
Revision as of 06:15, 23 April 2026
Die Seepsteenbataljon ("The soap-stone batallion") is the title of a radio serial (1972), a television serial (1978) and a published novelization (1978), all written by Kobus Louw.
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Die Seepsteenbataljon - The radio series
A series of vignettes about the interrelated lives a group people living on the fourth floor of Queen's Court. It was broadcast by the SABC from June 1972.
Die Seepsteen-bataljon - The television series
The radio series was adapted for television and broadcast by the SABC in 1978. Written by Kobus Louw, based on his radio serial of the same name, directed by Fred Nel with a cast that included Francois de Bruyn, Sandra Prinsloo, Kita Redelinghuys, Allan Dyssel, Mees Xteen, Harriet Pienaar, Jacques Bosch, Danie Smuts, Chris Bezuidenhout, Ben Blanckenberg (as Bennie Blanckenberg), Isobel Pienaar (as Isabel Pienaar) and Dawid van der Walt.
Music by Bennie Bierman, cinematography by Stewart A. Farnell and Neil Forsyth, vision mix by Peter Bode, and edited by Niel Rossouw
Die Seepsteenbataljon - The novelization
The text was novelized and published by Tafelberg-Uitgewers in 1978.
Sources
Kobus Louw. 1978. Die Seepsteenbataljon. Cape Town: Tafelberg-Uitgewers.
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