| Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
American Film Theatre |
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American Film Theatre.
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| Note |
Based on the novel "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton. |
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DVD release of the 1974 motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (1.75:1) presentation. |
| Cast |
Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Raymond St. Jacques, Clifton Davis, Paul Rogers, Paula Kelly, Alan Weeks, Paulene Myers, John Williams, Ivor Barry, Harvey Jason, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, H.B. Barnum III, Myrna White, Bill Glover. |
| Credits |
Music by Kurt Weill ; book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson ; music supervised by Alex North ; screenplay by Alfred Hayes ; executive producer, Edward Lewis ; produced for DVD by Brian Shirey. |
| Note |
Special features: theatrical trailer; an essay by Michael Feingold; the AFT Cinebill; an interview with Edie Landau; "Ely Landau: in front of the camera," AFT promotional reel from 1974; the American Film Theatre trailer gallery; the American Film Theatre scrapbook. |
| Summary |
Stephen Kumalo, a black South African minister, searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shanty towns of Johannesburg for his son, Absalom. But Kumalo's unwavering faith is put to the test when he finds Absalom in jail facing a capital murder charge. Courage, dignity, and sacrifice fall prey to the whirlwind of racist hypocrisy and hollow justice in Absalom's trial. Absalom's reunion and reconciliation with this father, his jailhouse marriage to his pregnant sweetheart, and his heroic determination to tell the truth set the stage for a tragic climax. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English dialogue. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Paton, Alan -- Film adaptations.
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Landau, Ely.
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Landau, Edie -- Interviews.
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Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Prison films.
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Clergy -- South Africa -- Drama.
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Families, Black -- Drama.
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Trials (Murder) -- South Africa -- Drama.
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Racism -- South Africa -- Drama.
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South Africa -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Mann, Daniel, 1912-1991.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
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Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.
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Peters, Brock.
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Moore, Melba.
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St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990
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Davis, Clifton.
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Rogers, Paul, 1917-2013.
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Kelly, Paula.
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North, Alex.
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Hayes, Alfred, 1911-1985.
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Feingold, Michael.
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Landau, Ely.
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Paton, Alan.
Cry, the beloved country.
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American Film Theatre.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Standard No. |
738329029326 |
| Music No. |
K293 Kino Video |
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