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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1994 - 30 July.6 August

Sections & Films

THE FOURTH REICH

Category: Edition 1994

Synopsis
Robey Leibbrandt history , South African boxer who became fascinated with Nazi ideology after the Olympic Games in Berlin and led an operation to overthrow the pro- allied government of General Jan Smuts during the Second World War.

Original Title The Fourth Reich
Category Out of competition
Section Guardians of Popular Memory: South African Cinema Against Apartheid
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 183'
Production Year 1990
Nationality South Africa
Directed by Manie Van Rensburg
Screenplay Malcolm Kohll
Main cast Marius Weyers, Ryno Hattingh, Grethe Fox

 regista manie van rensburgMANIE VAN RENSBURG

Manie van Rensburg was born on October 24, 1945 in Krugersdorp, South Africa as Hermanus Philippus Janse van Rensburg. He was a director and producer, known for Freddie's in Love (1971), The Gordimer Stories (1982) and Taxi to Soweto (1991). He was married to Anita Maria Erasmus and Grethe Fox. He died in December 1993 in Johannesburg, South Africa.