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When a group of terrorists hold tourists hostage in the Kariba Dam, Captain Caprivi (Will Sealie) and his brave team must perform incredible heroic deeds to try and save them.
 
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The film released in 1973 by [[Brigadiers Films]]
 
  
 
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Directed by [[Ivan Hall]] and produced by [[Albie Venter]] and [[Madel Venter]], with a script  by [[James Ambrose Brown]] and [[Otto Krause]], music by [[Art Heatlie]], cinematography by [[Ivo Pellegrini]] and film editing by [[David de Beyer]].
 
  
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Production Management was by [[André Venter]] and [[Bill Venter]] and the rest of the crew consisted of
 
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[[Bob Riley]] (assistant director), [[Mary Usmar]] and [[Peter Usmar]] (sound and continuity), [[Hugh Fowler]] (assistant camera), [[Ronnie Wilson]] (still photographer), [[Boet Pretorius]] (music recordings), and [[Brian le Roux]] (titles).
 
  
 
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The cast includes [[Will Sealie]] ("Captain Caprivi"), [[Ken Hare]] ("Clive"), [[Jannie Hanzen]] ("Tommie"), [[Sandy Nkomo]] ("Filemon"), [[Leon Kruger]] ("S.S.G. officer"), [[Rod Alexander]] ("Beukes"), [[Tani de Lange]] ("Anna Beukes"), [[Bess Finney]] ("Mrs. Steenkamp"), [[Lyn Hooker]] ("Frieda Hanekom"), [[Franz Marx]] ("Dr. Swart), [[Christine Stevens]] ("Marie Rossouw"), [[Peter van Dissel]] ("Sam"), [[Hew Visser]] ("Father Ryan"), [[Hermien Dommisse]] ("Wilhelmina Rossouw"), [[Sydney Chama]] ("Leader, Free People of Africa Fighters"), [[Tullio Moneta]] ("Second in command"), [[Tyrone Sun]] (Fighter), [[Errol Lo Pong]] (Fighter), [[Kenny Lo Pong]] (Fighter) and [[Sidney Ho Yen]] (Fighter).
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The cast included [[Hans van Heerden]] ("Lindorf" and "Dr Miracle"), [[Tsepo Desando]] ("Andres"), [[Andre Strijdom]] ("Hermann"), [[Jannie Moolman]] ("Nathanael" and "Cochenille"), [[Carl-Rudolph Kaiser]] ("Luther"), [[Keith Ikaia-Purdy]] ("Hoffmann"), [[Hanre Lass]] ("Nicklausse" and "The Muse of Poetry"), [[Anton Stoltz]] ("Spalanzani", "Frantz" and "Pittichianaccio"), [[Rouel Beukes]] ("Coppelius" and "Crespel"), [[Hanli Stapela]] ("Olympia), [[Mauri Mostert]] ("Antonia"), [[Marita Napier]] ("Giulietta"), [[John Fletcher]] (Schlemil), [[George Stevens]] ("Dapertutto"), [[Sam Moraneng]] ("Wilhelm") and [[Karin Engelbrecht]] ("Stella").
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Revision as of 05:49, 31 May 2020

Les Contes d'Hoffmann is an opera with Prologue, three Acts and Epilogue with music by Jacques Offenbach and libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre that was produced by PACT in October & November of 1995. The opera is based on the fantastic tales of ETA Hoffmann.

The opera

Production team

The cast

The cast included Hans van Heerden ("Lindorf" and "Dr Miracle"), Tsepo Desando ("Andres"), Andre Strijdom ("Hermann"), Jannie Moolman ("Nathanael" and "Cochenille"), Carl-Rudolph Kaiser ("Luther"), Keith Ikaia-Purdy ("Hoffmann"), Hanre Lass ("Nicklausse" and "The Muse of Poetry"), Anton Stoltz ("Spalanzani", "Frantz" and "Pittichianaccio"), Rouel Beukes ("Coppelius" and "Crespel"), Hanli Stapela ("Olympia), Mauri Mostert ("Antonia"), Marita Napier ("Giulietta"), John Fletcher (Schlemil), George Stevens ("Dapertutto"), Sam Moraneng ("Wilhelm") and Karin Engelbrecht ("Stella").


Translations, adaptations, sequels, etc

Sources

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