Cry Freedom
06/11/1987
3h

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
Cast


Kevin Kline
Donald Woods


Denzel Washington
Steve Biko


Penelope Wilton
Wendy Woods


Kate Hardie
Jane Woods


John Matshikiza
Mapetla


Zakes Mokae
Father Kani


John Thaw
Kruger


Kevin McNally
Ken


John Hargreaves
Bruce


Juanita Waterman
Ntsiki Biko


Julian Glover
Don Card


Josette Simon
Dr Ramphele


Timothy West
Capt. De Wet


Miles Anderson
Lemick


Ian Richardson
State Prosecutor


Andrew McCulloch
Policeman Nel


Gerald Sim
Police Doctor


Gary Whelan
Guard


Glen Murphy
Guard


Peter Cartwright
Police Sergeant


Badi Uzzaman
Mortician


Gwyneth Powell
Girl at Funeral


Philip Bretherton
Major Boshoff


Alec McCowen
Acting High Comissioner


Joseph Marcell
Moses


Judy Cornwell
Receptionist


John Paul
Wendy's Father


Gwen Watford
Wendy's Mother


William Marlowe
Police Sergeant
Paul Jerricho
Sergeant Louw


Nick Tate
Pilot


Andrew Whaley
Sub-Editor
Shelley Borkum
Woods' Receptionist
Albert Ndinda
Alec
Evelyn Sithole
Nurse at Clinic
Xoliswa Sithole
Nurse at Clinic
James Coine
Young Boy
Wabei Siyolwe
Tenjy


Tony Vogel
2nd Roadblock Policeman


Michael Graham Cox
3rd Passport Control Officer


Hepburn Graham
Soga
Graeme Taylor
Dillon Woods
Sophie Mgcina
Evalina
Jim Findley
Peter Jones


Garrick Hagon
McElrea
Adam Stuart Walker
Duncan Woods
Hamish Stuart Walker
Gavin Woods
Spring Stuart Walker
Meg Woods
Patricia Gumede
Shebeen Queen
Angela Gavaza
Shebeen Queen's Niece
Nocebo Mlambo
Aunt
Walter Matemavi
Nephew
Clement Muchachi
Father
Ruth Chinamando
Mother
Basil Chidyamathamba
Brother-in-Law
Marcy Mushore
Niece
Alton Kumalo
Speaker
Lawrence Simbarashe
Informer


Carl Chase
Policeman


William Morgan Sheppard
Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)
Tichatonga Mazhindu
Dilima
Neil McPherson
Lemick's Assistant
Claude Maredza
1st Rugby Player
Carlton Chance
2nd Rugby Player
Russell Keith Grant
2nd Security Guard
Munyaradzi Kanaventi
Samora Biko
George Lovell
Nkosinathi Biko


Graham Fletcher-Cook
Nel's Partner


Karen Drury
Young Secretary
Niven Boyd
1st Roadblock Policeman
Christopher Hurst
3rd Roadblock Policeman
Dudley Dickin
Nationalist Party Delegate
David Trevena
Mortician


Robert Phillips
Speaker at Funeral
Fishoo Tembo
Biko's Brother
Peggy Marsh
Helen Suzman


Gwyneth Strong
Girl at Funeral


Paul Herzberg
Beukes
Robert MacNamara
Security Policeman
Hans Sittig
Security Policeman
Kimpton Mativenga
Black Security Policeman
David Henry
Afrikaner Farmer
Michael Turner
Judge Boshoff
Mawa Makondo
Jason
Kalie Hanekom
Magistrate Prins
Star Ncube
1st Prisoner
David Guwaza
2nd Prisoner
Tommy Buson
Tami


Hilary Minster
1st Passport Control Officer


James Aubrey
2nd Passport Control Officer
Peter Cary
White Frontier Policeman
Dominic Kanaventi
Black Frontier Policeman
Sam Mathambo
Lesotho Passport Officer
Walter Muparutsa
Lesotho Businessman


Louis Mahoney
Lesotho Goverment Official
John Hartley
4th Passport Control Officer
Simon Shumba
Young Lesotho Official
Marilyn Poole
Acting High Commissioner's Wife
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