Verspeelde Lente

Verspeelde Lente is a TV series by Manie van Rensburg (1945-1993).

The series

Based on the eponymous Afrikaans novel by Jan van Melle (published by Nasionale Boekhandel in 1963), the series tells the story of Pop le Roux, a beautiful but unsophisticated girl, the daughter of a poor farming family, her true love, the young farmer Manie Cronjé and the rich widower Jan Greyling.

Adapted as a successful TV series by is in 1984 onder regie van Directed by Manie van Rensburg with Elize Cawood (as "Pop le Roux"), Ian Roberts ("Hermaans Cronjé"), Brian O'Shaughnessy ("Jan Greyling"), Tertius Meintjies ("Gert Greyling"), Wilma Stockenström ("Griet le Roux"), Limpie Basson ("Sagrys le Roux"), André Rossouw ("Job Cronjé") and Isabella Bosman ("Hessie Cronjé).

Sources

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7602356/

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