The Angel, the Bicycle and the Chinaman's Finger
The Angel, the Bicycle and the Chinaman's Finger is a film by
Based on Nicholas Ellenbogen's play of A Nativity,
The script written by Nicholas Ellenbogen, John Cundill and P.G. du Plessis, the film was directed by Nicholas Ellenbogen and Koos Roets (assisted by Liza de Villiers) and produced for M-Net, Sonneblom Films and Toron International by Edgar Bold, Riaan du Plessis, Carl Fischer, Anton Hayward, Katinka Heyns and Ian Ross. The film was distributed in South Africa by Ster-Kinekor Pictures in 1991.
The large cast consisted of: Brendan Grealy, Corrie Campbell, Ellis Pearson, Madoda Ncayiyana, Liz Szymczak, Greg Melvill-Smith, Regardt van den Bergh, Neill Solomon, Claire Wrogemann, Anthony Stevens, Bheki Mkhwane, Anthony Reade, Sophie Mgcina, Lindelani Buthelezi, Miems de Bruyn, Patricia Sanders, Paul Eilers, Sandra Ferreira, Colin Wing, Al Karaki, Liam Cundill, Esmael Texeira, Martin Mitchell, Luke Ellenbogen, Amy Ellenbogen, Annie Robinson, Bongani Zindela, Nicholas Ellenbogen, James Nkobo, Andrew Bosses, Mabel Mafudi, Gemima Tladi and Katinka Heyns (uncredited).
The technical crew included music by Nicholas Ellenbogen and Neill Solomon, cinematography by Koos Roets, film and sound editing by Avril Beukes, art direction by Leith Ridley, set decoration by Megan Havenga (credited as Megan Vermaak), costume design by Susan Howie, make-up and hair Anita van der Merwe, production management Genevieve Hofmeyr and final mix Mark Phillips. The rest of the crew included Raymond Bower, Michael Dreyer, Hennie Britton, Charles Evans ... foley artist Nico Louw ... sound Brian Nicholas ... foley artist Mark Phillips ... final mix Leon Retief ... assistant sound editor Megan Vermaak ... foley artistCamera and Electrical Department Andrew Bannister ... still photographer Michael Kennedy ... focus puller Jonathan Kvalsvig ... boom swinger Pam Laxen ... focus puller Warren Longmore ... camera grip Albert Mdunjana ... grip assistant (as Abert Mbunjana) Petrus Modise ... lighting assistant Johannes Mokonyama ... lighting assistant James Robb ... second unit camera Sean Ryan ... gaffer Colin Teifel ... clapper loaderEditorial Department Liza de Villiers ... post-production coordinator Marina Nel ... post-production coordinator Leon Retief ... first assistant editorScript and Continuity Department Wiebina Berrington ... continuityAdditional Crew Hugh Barrett ... production accountant Patti Putter ... production secretary Samantha Putter ... production secretary