White Elephant is a 1984 British

Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...

 comedy

Comedy film

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 drama film

Drama film

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 directed by Werner Grusch and starring Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Peter Firth is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC show Spooks, of which he is the only actor to have starred in every episode of the show's 10 series lifespan...

, Peter Sarpong and Nana Seowg. A young British businessman goes to Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

 to modernise a furniture

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 factory by introducing computers. However, he encounters fierce resistance from the Ghanaians, and this eventually leads him to better appreciate their culture.

Main cast

• Peter Firth
  Peter Firth
  Peter Firth is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC show Spooks, of which he is the only actor to have starred in every episode of the show's 10 series lifespan...
  
   ... Peter Davidson
• Peter Sarpong ... Bishop of Kumasi
• Nana Seowg ... High Priestess
• Ejissu Jasantua ... Fetish Priest
• Frederick Lawluwi ... Reverend in Anloga
• A.N.K. Mensah ... Herbalist in Anloga
• Asugebe ... Patron Ghost of Ejissu Fetish Priest School
• Jasantua ... Patron Ghost of Ejissu Fetish Priest School
• Nana Abiri
• Klevor Abo
• Abi Adatsi
• Owusu Akyeaw
• Samuel Amoah
• Charles Annan
• Otchere Darko
• Toni Darko
• Kwabena Holm
• Sarfo Opoku