Katrina (film)
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Katrina is a 1969 South African
drama film
directed by Jans Rautenbach
and starring Katinka Heyns, Jill Kirkland and Don Leonard
. The screenplay was written by Emil Nofal
. The film depicts the lives of a family of a Coloured
South Africans, who in the apartheid systems are considered neither white nor black.
Cinema of South Africa
The cinema of South Africa refers to the films and film industry of the nation of South Africa.-List of South African films:* Sarie Marais * Die kaskenades van Dr...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Jans Rautenbach
Jans Rautenbach
Jans Rautenbach is a South African screenwriter, film producer and director. His 1968 film Die Kandidaat proved controversial and received some censorship in South Africa, because of perceived criticism of the apartheid system.-Selected filmography:...
and starring Katinka Heyns, Jill Kirkland and Don Leonard
Don Leonard
Don Leonard is a South African film actor.- Filmography :- Further reading :* Tomaselli, Keyan . The Cinema of Apartheid — Race and Class in South African Film. Routledge . ISBN 9780415026284....
. The screenplay was written by Emil Nofal
Emil Nofal
Emil Nofal was a South African film director, producer and screenwriter.-Selected filmography:Director* Kimberley Jim * Wild Season * My Way * The Super-Jocks Actor...
. The film depicts the lives of a family of a Coloured
Coloured
In the South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswana and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured refers to an heterogenous ethnic group who possess ancestry from Europe, various Khoisan and Bantu tribes of Southern Africa, West Africa, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaya, India, Mozambique,...
South Africans, who in the apartheid systems are considered neither white nor black.
Cast
- Katinka Heyns - Alida Brink
- Jill Kirkland - Catherine Winters / Katrina September
- Don LeonardDon LeonardDon Leonard is a South African film actor.- Filmography :- Further reading :* Tomaselli, Keyan . The Cinema of Apartheid — Race and Class in South African Film. Routledge . ISBN 9780415026284....
- Kimberley - Cobus Rossouw - Adam September
- Joe StewardsonJoe Stewardson-Partial filmography:* All the Way to Paris * Wild Season * Katrina * My Way * Target of an Assassin * My Way II * Flatfoot in Africa * City of Blood...
- Father Alex Trewellyn - Carel Trichardt - Mr. Brink