Kavaliers (Die)

  • Kavaliers (Die)
Genre : War
Type : Fiction
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1966
Format : Feature
Running time : 90 (in minutes)

General de Wet asks Boer soldier and Kavalier leader Chris Botha to select 100 of his best men for a "suicide mission" behind enemy lines. First the Kavaliers steal ammunition from right under the noses of the British, and then they leave behind a note taunting the enemy about it.

Director: Elmo de Witt
Production: Kavalier Films (South Africa)

With: Leon le Roux, Brenda Bell, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Cobus Rossouw, Gerhard Viviers, Carel Trichardt, Johan Malherbe, Bill Brewer, Arthur Swemmer, George Moore, Patrick Mynhardt, Doreen Lamb, Dirk de Villiers, Errol Siepker, Petru Wessels, Wena Naudé, James Norval, Dolf de Vries, Kenneth Baker, John Whiteley, Norman Paul, Geoffrey Morris, Charles Vernon, Don Barrigo, Aubrey Dwyer

Music: Con Lamprecht
Picture: Manie Botha, Louis de Witt
Editing: Dave Burman, Mac Errington

Language: Afrikaans

Festivals:
Milan 2005
Fribourg 2007

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  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
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  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
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  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
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  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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