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The Angel, the Bicycle and the Chinaman's Finger (1992)
Directed by Nicholas Ellenbogen, Koos Roets
“English”
Comedy · 1h 29m
Based on Nicholas Ellenbogen's play of A Nativity, the trilingual (Afrikaans, English and Zulu) film tells a hilarious story about a government backed effort to put on a multiracial production of a play production of a nativity play by the local post office's staff in a tiny backwater village, on the eve of the new democracy.
Cast
Brendan Grealy
Corrie Campbell
E
Ellis Pearson
Half-Jack
M
Madoda Ncayiyana
Sam (Matluputu)
L
Liz Szymczak
Monica
Greg Melvill-Smith
Cronin
R
Regardt van den Bergh
Major Claude du Plessis
N
Neill Solomon
Leek the Greek
C
Claire Wrogemann
Visstok (Miriam)
A
Anthony Stevens
Marley Man Malay
Bheki Mkhwane
Jerry
A
Anthony Reade
Half-Head
S
Sophie Mgcina
Ella
Crew
- Director
- Nicholas Ellenbogen, Koos Roets
- Writer
- Nicholas Ellenbogen, John Cundill, P.G. du Plessis
- Producer
- Katinka Heyns
Details
- Release date
- 1992-12-11
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Afrikaans, English, Zulu
- Countries
- South Africa
- Production
- M-Net, Sonneblom Films, Toron International
- Budget
- $59