
Cry Freedom
Drama
Release Date
November 6, 1987
Duration
157 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts

Donald Woods
Kevin Kline

Steve Biko
Denzel Washington

Wendy Woods
Penelope Wilton

Jane Woods
Kate Hardie

Mapetla
John Matshikiza

Father Kani
Zakes Mokae

Kruger
John Thaw

Ken
Kevin McNally

Bruce
John Hargreaves

Ntsiki Biko
Juanita Waterman

Don Card
Julian Glover

Dr Ramphele
Josette Simon

Capt. De Wet
Timothy West

Lemick
Miles Anderson

State Prosecutor
Ian Richardson

Policeman Nel
Andrew McCulloch

Police Doctor
Gerald Sim

Guard
Gary Whelan

Guard
Glen Murphy

Police Sergeant
Peter Cartwright

Mortician
Badi Uzzaman

Girl at Funeral
Gwyneth Powell

Major Boshoff
Philip Bretherton

Acting High Comissioner
Alec McCowen

Moses
Joseph Marcell

Receptionist
Judy Cornwell

Wendy's Father
John Paul

Wendy's Mother
Gwen Watford

Police Sergeant
William Marlowe

Sergeant Louw
Paul Jerricho

Pilot
Nick Tate

Sub-Editor
Andrew Whaley

Woods' Receptionist
Shelley Borkum

Alec
Albert Ndinda

Nurse at Clinic
Evelyn Sithole

Nurse at Clinic
Xoliswa Sithole

Young Boy
James Coine

Tenjy
Wabei Siyolwe

2nd Roadblock Policeman
Tony Vogel

3rd Passport Control Officer
Michael Graham Cox

Soga
Hepburn Graham

Dillon Woods
Graeme Taylor

Evalina
Sophie Mgcina

Peter Jones
Jim Findley

McElrea
Garrick Hagon

Duncan Woods
Adam Stuart Walker

Gavin Woods
Hamish Stuart Walker

Meg Woods
Spring Stuart Walker

Shebeen Queen
Patricia Gumede

Shebeen Queen's Niece
Angela Gavaza

Aunt
Nocebo Mlambo

Nephew
Walter Matemavi

Father
Clement Muchachi

Mother
Ruth Chinamando

Brother-in-Law
Basil Chidyamathamba

Niece
Marcy Mushore

Speaker
Alton Kumalo

Informer
Lawrence Simbarashe

Policeman
Carl Chase

Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)
William Morgan Sheppard

Dilima
Tichatonga Mazhindu

Lemick's Assistant
Neil McPherson

1st Rugby Player
Claude Maredza

2nd Rugby Player
Carlton Chance

2nd Security Guard
Russell Keith Grant

Samora Biko
Munyaradzi Kanaventi

Nkosinathi Biko
George Lovell

Nel's Partner
Graham Fletcher-Cook

Young Secretary
Karen Drury

1st Roadblock Policeman
Niven Boyd

3rd Roadblock Policeman
Christopher Hurst

Nationalist Party Delegate
Dudley Dickin

Mortician
David Trevena

Speaker at Funeral
Robert Phillips

Biko's Brother
Fishoo Tembo

Helen Suzman
Peggy Marsh

Girl at Funeral
Gwyneth Strong

Beukes
Paul Herzberg

Security Policeman
Robert MacNamara

Security Policeman
Hans Sittig

Black Security Policeman
Kimpton Mativenga

Afrikaner Farmer
David Henry

Judge Boshoff
Michael Turner

Jason
Mawa Makondo

Magistrate Prins
Kalie Hanekom

1st Prisoner
Star Ncube

2nd Prisoner
David Guwaza

Tami
Tommy Buson

1st Passport Control Officer
Hilary Minster

2nd Passport Control Officer
James Aubrey

White Frontier Policeman
Peter Cary

Black Frontier Policeman
Dominic Kanaventi

Lesotho Passport Officer
Sam Mathambo

Lesotho Businessman
Walter Muparutsa

Lesotho Goverment Official
Louis Mahoney

4th Passport Control Officer
John Hartley

Young Lesotho Official
Simon Shumba

Acting High Commissioner's Wife
Marilyn Poole
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