Hoor My Lied
Hoor My Lied is a 1967 film directed by Elmo de Witt and written by Basil Stols, A.P. du Plessis, Elmo de Witt and Sakkie van der Walt.
The film
After a car accident, singing surgeon Dr Dawid Retief learns that he will become blind within two years, while his daughter is paralyzed. In order to raise money for Marietjie’s treatment in the USA, Retief starts giving concerts.
The cast includes: Gé Korsten ("Dr. Dawid Retief"), Helga van Wyk ("Lydia de Graaff"), Martin Pols ("Mornay Pienaar"), Lindie Roux ("Marietjie Retief"), Min Shaw ("Maria Retief"), Ruth Watts, (Mannequin), Charles Stodel ("Robert Chandler"), Wena Naudé ("Matron"), Jimmy Rayson, Elsa Fouché (a bedridden patient), Manie Botha ("Van der Merwe"), Dirk de Villiers (a former patient of Dr Dawid Retief), Sann de Lange (a patient awaiting surgery), Malherbe Maritz, Moira Scott, Jane Kariem ("Sarah Broodryk") and Achmat Hamit ("Caesar Napoleon Nelson Broodryk").
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