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Cast
Regardt van den Bergh
as Dr. Fritz Krynauw
Janet Du Plessis
as Dina MacDonald
Cornelis Esterhuyse
as Herman MacDonald
Willie Esterhuizen
as Christiaan MacDonald
Flip Theron
as Police Sergeant
Johan Bernard
as Hannes Vermeulen
Bill Flynn
as Bobby Griesel
Hetty van Oord
as Mimi Coetzee
Elize Cawood
as Miss van Dyk
James Borthwick
as Minister
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1979
Runtime1h 23m
LanguageAfrikaans
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
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DirectorTim Spring
WritersJan Scholtz
TypeFeature Film
Rating0.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsWhat You Sow
About What You Sow
A bleak and violent story of delinquency and broken family ties. Christiaan MacDonald escapes from the reformatory where he has been serving a sentence for car theft and asks his sister Dina for help. When his father tells Christiaan he is adopted, and furthermore is banished from the MacDonald family, the young man responds with criminal behavior that rip the family apart.
Directed by Tim Spring, What You Sow leans on a strong ensemble — Regardt van den Bergh, Janet Du Plessis, Cornelis Esterhuyse — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1979.
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