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| − | The film is based on a novel by [[Hans Strydom]] called ''For Volk and Fuhrer : Robey Leibbrandt & Operation Weissdorn'', published by [[Jonathan Ball Publishers]] in 1983 (published in [[Afrikaans]] as ''Vir Volk en Führer: Robey Leibbrandt & Operasie Weissdorn'' in 1983). It tells the story of Robey Leibbrandt (1913–1966)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robey_Leibbrandt], a South African boxer who became fascinated with Nazi ideology during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and in 1939 returned to South Africa to lead an operation to overthrow the pro-Allied government of General Jan Smuts. | + | The film is based on a novel by the journalist [[Hans Strydom]] called ''For Volk and Fuhrer : Robey Leibbrandt & Operation Weissdorn'', published by [[Jonathan Ball Publishers]] in 1983 (also published in [[Afrikaans]] as ''Vir Volk en Führer: Robey Leibbrandt & Operasie Weissdorn'' in 1983). It tells the story of Robey Leibbrandt (1913–1966)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robey_Leibbrandt], a South African boxer who became fascinated with Nazi ideology during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and in 1939 returned to South Africa to lead an operation to overthrow the pro-Allied government of General Jan Smuts. |
==The film== | ==The film== | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 23 February 2022
The Fourth Reich is a film by Manie van Rensburg ()
The source
The film is based on a novel by the journalist Hans Strydom called For Volk and Fuhrer : Robey Leibbrandt & Operation Weissdorn, published by Jonathan Ball Publishers in 1983 (also published in Afrikaans as Vir Volk en Führer: Robey Leibbrandt & Operasie Weissdorn in 1983). It tells the story of Robey Leibbrandt (1913–1966)[1], a South African boxer who became fascinated with Nazi ideology during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and in 1939 returned to South Africa to lead an operation to overthrow the pro-Allied government of General Jan Smuts.
The film
The film was made by the Zastron production company and distributed in South Africa by Trans Atlantic (1990).
Directed by Manie van Rensburg to a script co-written by Malcolm Kohll and Hans Strydom.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Reich
